Sarla Verma & Ors vs Delhi Transport Corp.& Anr on 15 April, 2009
Equivalent citations: AIR 2009 SUPREME COURT ... Arising out of SLP [C] No.8648 of 2007)
Smt. Sarla Verma & Ors. ... Appellants
Vs.
Delhi Transport Corporation & Anr. ... Respondents
ORDER
axis of the
controversy, that is, the decision in Sarla Verma and others v.
Delhi Transport Corporation and another 4 wherein the two-
Judge Bench ... pronouncement
by the three-Judge Bench that it has referred to Sarla Verma and
observed that the said decision reiterated what had been stated
income
of the deceased at the time of his death.
In Sarla Verma & Ors. v. Delhi Transport Corporation &
Anr.,1 this Court held ... income, to arrive at the contribution to
the family. In Sarla Verma (supra) (paras 30, 31 and 32), this
10
Court took the view that
mother of the deceased. Reliance
is placed on Sarla Verma (Smt.) & Ors. v. Delhi Transport
Corporation & Anr. , (2009) 6 SCC 121; Reshma Kumari ... learned counsel for the Claimants that the law laid
down in Sarla Verma (Smt.) & Ors. v. Delhi Transport Corporation
future prospects.
4. Ld. Counsel has relied upon a case of Sarla Verma and Ors. v. DTC
& Ors. 2009 (6) SCC 121wherein ... Counsel for the appellant submits that the case of Sarla Verma
(Supra) has been further affirmed by the Apex Court in the case of Reshma
laid down by the Apex Court in
the case titled as Sarla Verma (Smt.) and others versus Delhi
Transport Corporation and another , reported ... years old, hence on the basis of decision in
Sarla Verma applying the multiplier of 17, the
amount will come
decided on 12.01.2015.
7. Per contra, relying on Sarla Verma (Smt.) & Ors. v. Delhi Transport
Corporation & Anr., (2009) 6 SCC 121; Reshma Kumari ... Appellant had relied on the
judgments in (i) Smt. Sarla Verma & Ors. v. Delhi Transport
Corporation & Anr., 2009 (6) SCC 121; (ii) Mohd
learned counsel for the Claimants
that the law laid down in Sarla Verma (Smt.) & Ors. v.
Delhi Transport Corporation ... wherein while
approving the ratio with regard to future prospects in
Sarla Verma (Smt.) & Ors. (supra) and relying on
General Manager, Kerala State Road
regard to the age of the deceased, 54 years, as per Sarla Verma v. Delhi Transport Corporation Ltd. , reported in 2009 (2) TNMAC ... only four years of remaining service, as per the decision in Sarla Verma 's case (cited supra), the Tribunal has applied a higher multiplier
learned counsel for the
Claimants that the law laid down in Sarla Verma
(Smt.) & Ors. v. Delhi Transport Corporation ... wherein while approving the ratio with
regard to future prospects in Sarla Verma (Smt.) &
Ors. (supra) and relying on General Manager,
Kerala State Road
