Appeal by the claimant parents — Paramjit Kaur (mother) and Balwinder Kumar (father), through Vipul Sharma, Advocate — against the MACT award arising out of the accident of 29.09.2016 in which Prabhjit Kumar @ Ravi (also referred to as '@ Nandi'), aged 21, who assisted his father in singing qawwali, died. The Tribunal had assessed income at Rs.5,000 p.m. against Rs.30,000 pleaded and, per the appellants' tabulation, awarded Rs.5,94,000 with interest @ 7.5% p.a.; enhancement was sought by computing compensation as per NIC v. Pranay Sethi, 2017 ACJ 2700: income Rs.9,000 p.m., 40% future prospects, multiplier 18, half deduction, filial consortium Rs.96,000, loss of estate and funeral expenses Rs.18,000 each — total Rs.14,92,800. The judgment reproduces Supreme Court authority: neither Section 149(2)(a)(ii) of the Act of 1988 nor the policy 'Driver Clause' obliges an owner to get the driver's licence verified with transport authorities (context: alleged fake licence of driver Shambhu Ram of vehicle HR39D 2524, belonging to respondent no.4, Patel Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd.); the Sarla Verma multiplier table; the Pranay Sethi conclusions (future-prospects slabs; filial consortium); and a ruling awarding Rs.40,000 each to the father and sister for loss of filial consortium. RW-2 (Senior Manager, Mechanical, Patel Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd.) proved the driver's employment, valid national permit Part A & B (Ex.RW2/7), and that vehicle HR39D 2524 was duly insured with valid RC and Route Permit. CAVEAT: large portions of the source text are corrupt/illegible; court, coram, case number, dates, the court's own findings and the final disposition could not be verified and are left null/omitted.
