JUDGEMENT
SNEH PRASHAR,J. -
(1.) By way of this appeal, appellants-Jatti and another
seek enhancement of compensation awarded to them by learned Motor
Accident Claims Tribunal, Fatehabad (for short, "the Tribunal") in MACT
Petition No.1 of 2013, on account of death of Rattna (husband of
appellant No.1 and son of appellant No.2), who lost his life in a motor
accident.
(2.) The submissions made by Mr. S.N. Pillania, learned counsel for the appellants and Mr. Sanjeev Kodan, learned counsel for respondent
No.3-insurance company have been heard and record perused.
(3.) Learned counsel for the appellants-claimants argued that the deceased was a supervisor and was earning L 9000/- per month but learned Tribunal
wrongly assessed his income as L 3300/- per month and after deducting ?rd
of the income applied the multiplier of '18' which is inappropriate. The
amount of L 10,000/- awarded on account of loss of consortium and love
and affection as well as L 10,000/- awarded as funeral expenses and
transportation charges is inadequate. The interest rate of 7.5% per annum
allowed by learned Tribunal is also on the lower side and the same should
have been 12% per annum, nut no substantive and reliable evidence was led
to prove his occupation and income.;
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