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50% towards personal expenses and applied the multiplier of 11 according to
the age of the mother to compute the loss ... that the Claims Tribunal has not awarded the future prospects and
lower multiplier of 11 has been applied instead of 18 according
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towards the personal expenses of the deceased and applied the multiplier of
11 according to the age of mother to compute the loss of dependency ... hearing that the
deceased was aged 20 years and the appropriate multiplier at the age of 20 is
18 whereas the Claims Tribunal had applied
loss of future earnings:
a. Interest method
b. Lump sum method
c. Multiplier method
33. The Court thereafter studied the basis of grant of compensation ... computing future earnings, namely, the interest method, lump sum
method and the multiplier method. However, since there was lack of
sufficient data to arrive
income
towards personal expenses of the child and applied the multiplier of 10 to
compute the loss of dependency ... dependency,
the Supreme Court has repeatedly held that it is a multiplier
method which should be applied. This method is based upon the
principle that
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towards personal expenses and applied the multiplier of 11 according to the
age of the mother to compute the loss ... time of the hearing that
the Claims Tribunal has applied the multiplier of 11 whereas the appropriate
multiplier according to the age of the deceased
income". Lastly, it is submitted by counsel for Claimants
that applicable multiplier has to be according to the age of deceased and
not Claimants ... Tribunal has erred in not applying it. It is thus
submitted that multiplier of 18 ought to be applied while assessing "loss
of dependency
towards future prospects, deducted 50%
towards his personal expenses and applied the multiplier of 18 to compute
the loss of dependency ... Deducting 50% towards the
personal expenses of the deceased and applying the
multiplier of 14 according to the age of her mother, the
loss
years on the
day of the accident and so, the applicable multiplier would be 14 and not
16, as has been applied by the Tribunal ... Injured is taken to be 37 years, still the applicable multiplier
would be of 15. It is also submitted that the Income Tax Returns (ITRs
after deducting 50% towards "personal expenses" and by applying
multiplier of 9, "loss of dependency" has been assessed ... Claimant/ legal heir of deceased is on the ground that the applicable
multiplier has to be according to the age of deceased
