A.Gopinathan vs Afzal Basha on 9 March, 2020
In Gopinathan A. and
Others v. Afzal Basha and Another [2020 (3)
KHC 666], this Court held that the notional
monthly income to be considered for a
housewife/homemaker who met with a motor
accident in the year 2004, for the purpose of
awarding just and reasonable compensation
under the head of 'loss of dependency', shall not
be less than Rs. 4,500/-. This figure is equivalent
to the notional income that could be taken for a
manual labourer or a worker in the unorganised
sector, such as a vegetable or fruit vendor, who
met with a motor accident in the same year,
taking into account the notional income fixed by
the Apex Court in Ramachandrappa v.