Heavily corrupted appellate judgment in a fatal motor-accident claim (accident 04.11.2002; motorcycle HR-07-C-8665; deceased Raj Kumar). The legible portions preserve the Claims Tribunal's quoted assessment: FIR No. 185 under Sections 279/304-A IPC was lodged four days after the accident by the deceased's brother Sat Pal against an unknown person and unknown vehicle; the sole supporting eye-witness, Gurdev Singh (PW1), was disbelieved - his absence from criminal case No. 56-1/1.2.2003 (State Vs. Sarjan Singh, Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Ambala Cantt.) and the lack of any Section 161 Cr.P.C. statement falsified his presence - and Issue No. 1 (rash and negligent driving) was decided against the claimants; counsel Shri P.C. Tayal was pulled up for producing an unsummoned witness. The hearing court's own legible record consists of its reliance on Sarla Verma v. Delhi Transport Corporation (paras 30-32 and 42: standardised deductions and the multiplier table), National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Pranay Sethi (paras 52 and 59.3-59.8: conventional heads fixed at Rs 15,000/Rs 40,000/Rs 15,000 with 10% escalation every three years; future-prospects additions), Dara Singh @ Dhara Banjara v. Shyam Singh Varma and R. Valli v. Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (invoked in the discussion of the future-prospects addition), and an unidentified precedent expounding spousal, parental and filial consortium (which, in that case, awarded Rs 40,000 each to the father and sister as filial consortium), followed by a compensation-computation table whose figures are largely illegible. Because the hearing court's operative findings, final order and quantum are corrupted beyond recovery, no holding, disposition or amount is asserted for it.
