years as Rs.30,000/- per annum. Our Hon’ble Punjab and Haryana High Court in Nachhatar Singh and Another Vs. Jagga Singh &Ors. Decided on 18.02.2016 in FAO no.4 97 of 2003, assessed the notional income of a child aged 1 years as Rs.35,000/- per annum. The said notional income of Rs.35,000/- per annum was assessed in Nachhatar Singh and Another Vs. Jagga Singh and others (Supra), in relation to an accident which took place on 09.05.1999. Keeping in view the inflationary trend, rising prices and increase in the cost of living during the period 1999 to 2019, annual notional income of deceased can safely be assessed as Rs.50,000/-. In case of Krishan Gopal and Another Vs. Lala and others (supra), Hon’ble Supreme Court has applied multiplier as per age of the claimant, however, while calculating the amount of compensation in case of Munna Lal Jain and others Vs. Vipin Kumar and others 2015 (3) RCR (civil) 447, three judge Bench of Hon’ble Supreme Court of India has held that multiplier is tobe applied as per age of the deceased. In case of Sarla Verma and others Vs. Delhi Transport Corporation and another, 2009 ACJ 1298, multiplier of 18 was suggested for the deceased within the age group of 15 to 25 years, but here, since the deceased was less than 15 years of age at the time of accident, therefore, in considered opinion of this Court, taking clue from the second schedule of the M.V. Act, 1988, multiplier of 15 can safely be applied and the amount of compensation to which the claimants are entitled to, is calculated as follows:
