Sarla Verma & Ors vs Delhi Transport Corp.& Anr on 15 April, 2009
7. Accident is of the year 2006 and considering the
nature of avocation of claimant namely, being that of driver
of Compressor, this Court is of the considered view that
same being skilled job, income which can be safely held to be
reasonable income that claimant was earning at the
undisputed point of time would be `.4,000/- and as such
same is taken into consideration. Perusal of the award
would indicate that Tribunal has taken multiplier of 17 and
as held in SARLA VERMA vs DELHI TRANSPORT
CORPORATION reported in (2009)6 SCC 121) for the age
group 15-25, appropriate multiplier to be adopted would be
18 and undisputedly claimant being 25 years of age as on
date of accident, multiplier of 18 is adopted. Accordingly,
compensation awarded towards loss of future earning is re-
assessed herein below: