Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: s.166 – Multiplier – Fatal accident – Victim aged 23 years – High Court applied multiplier of 14 for determining compensation amount in reference to the age of parents of the deceased – Parents of the deceased seeking multiplier of 18 – Held: In Sarla Verma case, it was held that the multiplier should be chosen from the table with reference to the age of the deceased and not the age of the dependents – In view of the said decision, multiplier of 18 to be applied for paying compensation to the appellants-parents.
Allowing the appeal, the Court
HELD: The respondents are directed to pay compensation by applying 18 multiplier, instead of 14 applied by the High Court. Considering the amount of annual contribution to the deceased’s family determined at Rs.37,800/- and applying multiplier 18, the compensation would work out to Rs.6,80,400/- determined by the High Court. [Para 5] [639-F-G]
Sarla Verma (Smt.) and Others v. Delhi Transport Corporation And Anr. (2009) 6 SCC 121 : [2009] 5 SCR 1098; Munna Lal Jain and Anr. v. Vipin Kumar Sharma and Ors. (2015) 6 SCC 347 : [2015] 7 SCR
207 – relied on.
Ashvinbhai Jayantilal Modi v. Ramkaran Ramchandra Sharma and Anr. (2015) 2 SCC 180 – referred to.
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