Water Authority, we are of the view that for the purpose of deciding the multiplicand, the same can be relied on. In the light of the decision of the Honourable Apex Court in Sarla Verma's case (supra), in the case of persons with fixed salary and aged below 40 years, for the purpose of deciding the loss of dependency, an addition of 50% to his actual income is permissible, reckoning future prospects. Going by the same decision, in case the deceased is survived by '4 to 6' dependent family members, one-fourth of the income of the deceased has to be taken as ₹7041/-. In the said circumstances, the amount payable to the appellants towards compensation for loss of dependency will be ₹12,67,380/- (Rs.7041x12x15). The learned counsel for the appellants contended that towards funeral expenses, the appellants are entitled to get an amount of 25,000/-, going by the decision in ₹ Rajesh & Another v. Rajbir Singh & Ors. [2013(9) SCC 54] . It is to be noted that the accident in question involved in that case had occurred in the year 2007 and the accident involved in the case on hand, had occurred in the year 1998. More over, even going by the pleadings of the appellants in this case, they had incurred only an amount of ₹5000/- towards funeral expenses. In the said circumstances, we award only 5000/- towards funeral expenses. Going by the decision₹ in Rajesh's case (supra), the minimum compensation payable towards
