Joginder Nath Maini And Ors. vs Manawar Khan And Ors. on 13 August, 1991
13. No doubt in Joginder Nath's case (supra) a Single Bench of Delhi High Court has held that for fixing multiplier the age of the parents is to be considered and not the age of the deceased. That claim petition was filed by the parents of the deceased. Taking the normal life expectancy into account, the Tribunal found that the deceased would have reached the age of at least 20 years. However, considering the age of the parents at the time of the accident the multiplier of 15 was adopted. The High Court held that at the time when the petition was filed age of the father was 56 years and age of the mother was 50 years. Taking reasonable expectancy of life into consideration, it was held that multiplier of 15 was fully justified, though it was held that while fixing multiplier age of the deceased was not a valid consideration. The observation in the above judgment is made with regard to the facts of that case. It does not lay down any proposition of law.