Appeal by Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. challenging Motor Accident Claims Tribunal award for deceased insured. Court upheld Tribunal's calculation of dependency loss by applying income tax deductions and affirmed award as just and reasonable.
Impugned award confirmed; appeal dismissed with no costs.
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Date of Hearing & Decision: 15th November, 2011
ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. ..... Appellant Through: Mr. A.K.Soni, Advocate.
Versus
PUSHPENDRA KUMAR SHARMA & ORS. ...... Respondents Through: Mr. S.N. Parashar Advocate for R-1 to R-4.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE G.P.MITTAL
J U D G M E N T
G. P. MITTAL, J. (ORAL)
19,866/- x 12 = 2,38,392/-. If there are no savings, the liability of the tax would be as under:-2,38,392/(2) Exemption in case of woman = 1,80,000/(3) Taxable income = 58,392/(4) Percentage of tax upto an income of 2.5 lacs = 10% (5) The income tax payable (in case there are no savings) = ` 5,839/-Page 1 of 2
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4. As per Sarla Verma & Ors. v. Delhi Transport Corporation & Anr., 2009 (6) SCC 121, it is settled that the annual income of the deceased would be “actual salary less tax.”
1220/- was being deducted from the salary towards payment of GPF, State insurance and RPMF. If this amount is deducted from the taxable income, there would be liability of payment of income tax at the rate of 4375/- per annum only and the dependency would work out to be 20,28,156/-. The Tribunal awarded a sum of 20,66,064/- on account of loss of dependency. Since the tax was not being deducted at source by the Rajasthan Govt. deceased Smt. Rama Sharma’s employer, it can be assumed that there might have been other savings under Section 80C of the Income Tax Act and in that case there would not be any change in calculation of dependency. Even if, it is assumed that there was liability of income tax at the rate of ` 4357/- per annum, there was not much difference in the calculation of dependency.(G.P. MITTAL) JUDGE
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2 issues framed by the court
Whether the compensation awarded by the Tribunal for loss of dependency is just, reasonable, and requires interference regarding the deduction of income tax and savings.
Whether the Tribunal's calculation of dependency, accounting for income tax and GPF deductions, was erroneous.
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Sarla Verma & Ors. v. Delhi Transport Corporation & Anr.Applied¶22
Sarla Verma & Ors. v. Delhi Transport Corporation & Anr., 2009 (6) SCC 121 · Who else cites this
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Oriental Insurance Company Ltd.
Pushpendra Kumar Sharma
G.P. Mittal
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