from a weaving machine was Rs.900/- per month and in support of her evidence, she had marked P1, P2, P9 and P10. PW3, the co-worker had also adduced evidence that the deceased had six weaving machines and that the income derived from each weaving machine was Rs.900/-. On scrutiny of Ex.P10, it is seen that the deceased was getting an annual income of Rs.19,630/- from the Co-operative Silk Society. The Tribunal, on observing that no documentary evidence had been let in to prove that the deceased had 5 weaving machines, held that the income derived through the weaving machines could only be taken as Rs.32,400/per year. Hence, the Tribunal, on fixing the total yearly income of the deceased as Rs.52,000/- and on adopting a multiplier of 13, as the deceased was aged 45 years as per Ex.P5, awarded a sum of Rs.4,50,667/(52,000X2/3X13), as compensation to the petitioners under the head of loss of income; Rs.5,000/- was awarded for funeral expenses and Rs.10,000/- was awarded for loss of consortium. In total, the Tribunal awarded a sum of Rs.4,65,667/- as compensation to the petitioners and directed the respondent to pay the said sum together with interest at the rate of 9% per annum from the date of filing the petition till date of payment of compensation.
