referring to the case of Santosh Devi (supra) held that in the case of self-employed persons or persons with fixed wages, in case the deceased victim was below 40 years, there must be an addition of 50% to the actual income of the deceased while computing future prospects of the deceased. Keeping in view the five dependants of the deceased in the case on hand, 1/5th amount is to be deducted for personal expenses. Having regard to the age of the deceased as 25, as mentioned in the post mortem report, which age is taken by both the Tribunal as well as the High Court, and keeping in mind the life expectancy of the deceased, multiplier of 20 must be applied to the multiplicand for the purpose of quantifying loss of dependancy. Further, following the decision of this Court in Rajesh V. Rajbir Singh (supra), Rs.1,00,000/- must be added under the head of loss of consortium and Rs.1,00,000 under the head of loss of care and guidance for minor children. Further, it was held by this Court in the case referred to supra that Rs. 25,000/- must be awarded for funeral expenses as this Court has made observations in the case referred to supra that the Tribunals have been frugal in awarding the compensation under the head ‘funeral expenses’ and hence, we award Rs.25,000 under the head of funeral expenses to the claimants/legal representatives. Hence, the total compensation has to be assessed under the various heads as follows :
