{"id":204396,"date":"2005-02-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-02-21T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/united-india-insurance-co-ltd-vs-maithli-and-ors-on-22-february-2005"},"modified":"2015-09-06T07:44:39","modified_gmt":"2015-09-06T02:14:39","slug":"united-india-insurance-co-ltd-vs-maithli-and-ors-on-22-february-2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/united-india-insurance-co-ltd-vs-maithli-and-ors-on-22-february-2005","title":{"rendered":"United India Insurance Co. Ltd. vs Maithli And Ors. on 22 February, 2005"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Madhya Pradesh High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">United India Insurance Co. Ltd. vs Maithli And Ors. on 22 February, 2005<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: IV (2006) ACC 191, 2006 ACJ 1781<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: V A Awasthy<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: D Verma, A Awasthy<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p>Verma and Awasthy, JJ.<\/p>\n<p>1. Award dated 30.9.2004, passed by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Jhabua in Claim Case No. 76 of 2000 is being challenged primarily on the ground that amount of Rs. 6,91,500 awarded to the claimants on account of death of Khemraj, an agriculturist and a mason aged 35 years, is on higher side. learned Counsel for appellant submitted that permission under Section 170 of Motor Vehicles Act was obtained.\n<\/p>\n<p>2. Deceased Khemraj was having his own agricultural land admeasuring 1.07 hectares in village Machaliya, wherein, he was carrying on his agricultural operation. Apart from the above, it was further averred that he was also carrying on work of mason, but, this has not been found to be proved. Deceased Khemraj was having a large family to be looked after, that is, 2 wives, 9 children and mother.\n<\/p>\n<p>3. On the strength of oral evidence adduced by claimants, the monthly income of deceased was assessed at Rs. 5,000. After the usual deduction of &#8216;\/3rd that the deceased must have been spending on himself, the dependency has been worked out at Rs. 3,500 per month, to which, looking to the age of the deceased and that of the claimants, multiplier of 16 has been adopted. Thus, in our considered opinion, the amount of compensation awarded to the claimants, cannot be said to be excessive or exorbitant. The amount has been awarded only after considering the evidence that was adduced by the claimants.\n<\/p>\n<p>4. No case for interference is made out. The appeal being devoid of any merits and substance, is, hereby dismissed. Consequently the application Tor stay is also hereby rejected. No Order as to costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madhya Pradesh High Court United India Insurance Co. Ltd. vs Maithli And Ors. on 22 February, 2005 Equivalent citations: IV (2006) ACC 191, 2006 ACJ 1781 Author: V A Awasthy Bench: D Verma, A Awasthy JUDGMENT Verma and Awasthy, JJ. 1. 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