{"id":208432,"date":"2008-12-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-08T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/ravinder-pal-singh-another-vs-surinder-kumar-and-others-on-9-december-2008"},"modified":"2017-10-27T05:52:48","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T00:22:48","slug":"ravinder-pal-singh-another-vs-surinder-kumar-and-others-on-9-december-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/ravinder-pal-singh-another-vs-surinder-kumar-and-others-on-9-december-2008","title":{"rendered":"Ravinder Pal Singh & Another vs Surinder Kumar And Others on 9 December, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n
Ravinder Pal Singh & Another vs Surinder Kumar And Others on 9 December, 2008<\/div>\n
IN THE PUNJAB & HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH\n\n                                   FAO NUMBER 680 OF 2000\n\n                                   DECIDED ON :         -12-2008\n\nRavinder Pal Singh & another\n\n                                                 ....Appellants\n\n                     versus\n\nSurinder Kumar and others\n\n                                                 ....Respondents<\/pre>\n
                     AND<\/p>\n
                                   FAO NUMBER 681 OF 2000<\/p>\n
                                   DECIDED ON : 09-12-2008<\/p>\n
Ravinder Pal Singh & another<\/p>\n
                                                 ….Appellants<\/p>\n
                     versus<\/p>\n
Surinder Kumar and others<\/p>\n
                                                 ….Respondents<\/p>\n
CORAM :       HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE K KANNAN<\/p>\n
Present:      Shri Parveen Kataria, Advocate, for the petitioners<\/p>\n
              Shri R.M.Suri, Advocate, for the Insurance Co.\n<\/p>\n
K KANNAN J<\/p>\n
I The Accident<\/p>\n
            1.FAOs Nos.680 and 681 of 2000 are taken up together with the consent of<\/p>\n
both the parties since they arise out of the same accident. FAO No. 680 of 2000 is<\/p>\n
against the decision in MACT Case No. 91 of 1994 and FAO 681 of 2000 is against the<\/p>\n
judgement in MACT Case No.92 of 1994. In the motor accident that took place on 16-<\/p>\n
07-1994,   Bhupinder Singh was driving Maruti Car No. PB-10K-7773 and his father<\/p>\n
Harcharan Singh was travelling with him in the said car.    Both of them died in the<\/p>\n
accident in collision with the truck bearing No.PCR-8422.   The petitioners before the<\/p>\n
Tribunal were the wife and children of Harcharan Singh. The two claim petitions were<\/p>\n
filed as dependents of both Harcharan Singh and Bhupinder Singh.        The widow of<\/p>\n
Harcharan Singh ( the mother of petitioners Nos. 2 and 3) also died during the pendency<\/p>\n
of the appeal on 21-09-1995 and the case was prosecuted only by the petitioners Nos. 2<\/p>\n
and 3.\n<\/p>\n
 FAO 680 of 2000                                                             –2–\n<\/p>\n
II Evidence regarding status and income<\/p>\n
                2.Before the Tribunal, evidence was adduced to the effect that the father<\/p>\n
and the brother were both doing business as contractors and they had a lucrative<\/p>\n
income out of their respective work as contractors with the Government. Evidence had<\/p>\n
also been tendered before the Tribunal that both the deceased persons had been<\/p>\n
paying income tax. Income tax deducted at source and the TDS certificates issued by<\/p>\n
the Government when it had availed the services of the deceased persons, had been<\/p>\n
produced. There was also           evidence     that the father was earning per month<\/p>\n
Rs.13,709.04p and Rs.14867.57p during the year 1991-1992 and 1992-1993<\/p>\n
respectively.     The income-tax practitioner had been examined as AW4 relating to<\/p>\n
income of Harcharan Singh and Bhupinder Singh. Even apart from the income from<\/p>\n
their business in doing contracts by the Government, evidence had been tendered to the<\/p>\n
effect that the father was cultivating the land on lease and was paying lease amount of<\/p>\n
Rs.3500\/-per acre per year. The lease deed had been marked as Exhibit A8. The<\/p>\n
appellants’ contention      in oral evidence was that the father was earning at least<\/p>\n
Rs.25,000 to Rs.30,000\/-per month and the brother Bhupinder Singh was earning<\/p>\n
between Rs.15,000 to Rs.20,000\/-per month. The T.D.S.Certificates for the father had<\/p>\n
been marked as Exhibits A2 to A11 while the T.D.S. Certificates for the brother had<\/p>\n
been marked as Exhibits A17 to A20.\n<\/p>\n
III Dispensation at the Tribunal:\n<\/p>\n
            3. The Trial Court      found that the evidence produced by the appellants<\/p>\n
                 regarding the income of the deceased stood unrebutted but all the same ,<\/p>\n
                 that the contribution of the family could have been only Rs.3000\/-per<\/p>\n
                 month and      reckoned the annual dependency of children to be<\/p>\n
                 Rs.36,000\/-. The Tribunal applied a multiplier of “10” and awarded<\/p>\n
                 compensation of Rs.3,60,000\/-as the amount payable to the appellants<\/p>\n
                 for the death of the father. While considering the compensation arising<\/p>\n
                 out of the death of the brother, the Tribunal took note of the fact that his<\/p>\n
                 own contribution towards the family would have fallen after his marriage if<\/p>\n
                 he had been alive and that he would have contributed Rs.800\/-per month<\/p>\n
                 to the appellants. Their annual dependency was calculated at Rs.9600\/-<\/p>\n
                 and multiplier of “16” had been adopted to arrive at Rs.1,53,600\/-as<\/p>\n
                 compensation payable.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
 FAO 680 of 2000                                                           –3–\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
IV Claims for enhancement, how justified:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
             4.The appellants seek for enhancement in both the cases. Counsel for the<\/p>\n
appellants contends on the finding of the Tribunal that the income of the deceased<\/p>\n
person stood unrebutted, it ought to have taken the income as stated in the petition and<\/p>\n
the dependency calculated at Rs.3000\/-per month was grossly low. In a similar way, the<\/p>\n
counsel also contended that the contribution of the brother to the family as assessed at<\/p>\n
Rs.800\/-per month was also grossly low and the compensation arrived at was<\/p>\n
erroneous.   Counsel for the respondent supports the judgement of the Tribunal by<\/p>\n
pointing out that the dependency at Rs.3000\/-had been reckoned only on the basis that<\/p>\n
the monthly income would have been only Rs.4500\/-and the appellants not having put in<\/p>\n
evidence the best material by producing the income tax returns the assessment orders<\/p>\n
cannot merely rely on the T.D.S.Certificates for boosting their claims. He would also<\/p>\n
submit that the assessment of compensation for the death of the brother was also<\/p>\n
realistic that the appellants cannot duplicate their claim after making a claim for the<\/p>\n
death of the father .If they had been depending on the father, they could not be said to<\/p>\n
be dependent on the brother for their living.         According to him, the award of<\/p>\n
compensation of Rs.1,56,300\/-for the death of the brother was more than adequate.<\/p>\n
              5.It is an unfortunate situation where the appellants who are young in<\/p>\n
age who were minors at the time of presentation of the petition, had become orphans<\/p>\n
by the death of their mother during the time of the trial. The appellants took trial at a<\/p>\n
time when their father had died, their eldest brother had also met the same fate and<\/p>\n
their mother had died a natural death. I see significant force in the contention of the<\/p>\n
counsel for the appellants that when the Tribunal found that there was uncontroverted<\/p>\n
evidence regarding the income of the deceased persons, the Tribunal could not have<\/p>\n
taken only Rs.3000\/-as contribution to the family arising out of the death of the father.<\/p>\n
The Tribunal had also not taken note of the income from agricultural operations which<\/p>\n
their father had been shown to have carried out by production of lease deed. It is no<\/p>\n
doubt true that the income-tax returns have not been filed but filed the T.D.S.Certificates<\/p>\n
and the tax deducted at source is a percentage of income and it is not difficult to assess<\/p>\n
what could have been earned by the deceased father as brought out through evidence<\/p>\n
of AW4 . There is no reason to doubt either the T.D.S.Certificates or the income charts<\/p>\n
made by the income-tax practitioner and produced in court evidence as Exhibit A21 to<\/p>\n
A22. The monthly income of the father had been shown as ranging between Rs.13,000
\n FAO 680 of 2000                                                              –4–\n<\/p>\n
to Rs.14,800\/-. Having regard to the fact that the father would have under the normal<\/p>\n
circumstances lived long enough to support the family and bring up the children he<\/p>\n
could have earned at least Rs.15,000\/-per month and the father would have contributed<\/p>\n
at least Rs.5000\/-towards the children .     Given the social and cultural traits of Indian<\/p>\n
families, the contribution     of the elder brother cannot be doubted.         I assess the<\/p>\n
dependency of the appellants on their elder brother at Rs.1500\/-per month. The choice<\/p>\n
of multiplier by the Tribunal at “10” is on the lower side, even less than what is set out in<\/p>\n
Schedule-II to the Motor Vehicles Act. The relevant multiplier given under the Schedule<\/p>\n
is “13” for a person between 50-55, I take the appropriate multiplier to be “12” in view of<\/p>\n
the fact that the income more than what is set out in the Schedule. The compensation<\/p>\n
towards     their   extent   of    dependence     of   their   father   is    estimated     at<\/p>\n
Rs.5000x12x12=7,20,000\/-. As regards the claim of the appellants as dependent upon<\/p>\n
their brother while increasing the amount to Rs.1500\/-per month, I deem it necessary to<\/p>\n
reduce the multiplier from “16” to 10, having regard to the fact that the brother would<\/p>\n
have got married and his contribution to the family would have reduced.              I cannot,<\/p>\n
however, assume that the brother would not have contributed to the family and that his<\/p>\n
father would have alone done the same. Assuming that the brother would have played<\/p>\n
an important role in supporting the family offering emotional and physical support to his<\/p>\n
younger siblings, the appropriate amount that would be payable on account of the death<\/p>\n
of the brother comes to be Rs.1500x12x10=1,80,000\/-. As regards the father’s death,<\/p>\n
the Tribunal has already awarded Rs.3,60,000\/-and the appellants would be entitled to<\/p>\n
an additional sum of Rs.3,60,000\/-being the dependents .          As regards the claim in<\/p>\n
respect of the death of their brother, the appellants would be entitled to difference<\/p>\n
between Rs.1,80,000\/-and Rs.1,53,600\/- i.e. Rs.26,400\/-rounded to Rs.27,000\/-. Even<\/p>\n
apart from the above, the petitioners would also be entitled to Rs.20,000\/-towards loss<\/p>\n
of love and affection of their father.\n<\/p>\n
V Result:\n<\/p>\n
                6.Under the circumstances, the appellants would be entitled to an<\/p>\n
additional compensation of Rs.3.80 lacs (Rs.three lakhs eighty thousand only) with<\/p>\n
simple interest @ 7.5% per annum from the date of filing of the petition till the date of<\/p>\n
payment as regards their claim in FAO 680 of 2000 and an additional sum of<\/p>\n
Rs.27,000\/-{Rs.twenty seven thousand only) with interest at the rate of 7.5% per annum<\/p>\n
due to the death of their brother which is the subject matter of appeal in FAO 681 of<\/p>\n
2000.\n<\/p>\n
 FAO 680 of 2000                                              –5–\n<\/p>\n
            7.Both FAOs Nos. 680 and 681 of 2000 are allowed partially in the above<\/p>\n
terms.\n<\/p>\n
                                                         Sd\/-\n<\/p>\n
                                                      {K Kannan}
\n                                                      Judge
\n09-12-2008<\/p>\n
Internet:   Yes<\/p>\n
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