Insurance Co. Ltd. and others v. K.K.Assainar and others reported in [2019 (4) KLT 39] , a learned Single Judge of this Court analysed the judgments rendered in various cases on similar issues and prescribed a uniform method for arriving at the compensation payable, based on the inflation index of the relevent period. The Court held that the total income for the year of accident as per the table prescribed is to be multiplied by a uniform multiplier of 15 to arrive at the compensation and that no amount is to be paid towards future prospects. However, the Hon'ble Supreme Court has in a later decision in Kajal v. Jagdish Chand reported in [2020 (1) KLT 743 SC] , set aside the award passed by the court below fixing a notional income of Rs.15,000/- per annum and instead went by the minimum wages payable to a skilled workmen during the period of the accident (Rs.4846/- per month), and added 40% towards future prospects and applied the multiplier of 18, in the case of a young child of 12 years, to arrive at the compensation payable. The Supreme Court was considering a case where the accident took place on 18.10.2007. In the above circumstances, I am of the opinion that the principles adopted in Kajal (supra) should be applied in the case on hand. A minimum wage of Rs.6,000/- per month can be adopted since the accident happened in 2010 and adding 40% towards future prospects and applying the multiplier of 18, the compensation payable towards permanent disability of 23% would be Rs.4,17,312/(6000x140%x12x18x23%). The Tribunal has awarded a sum of
