obtaining loan. Though the appellants contended that the deceased was a graduate, no such certificate was filed to substantiate the same. The appellants have not filed salary certificate of the deceased. There is no legally acceptable evidence to believe that the deceased was earning more than Rs.10,000/- per month. Taking into all the facts into consideration, the Tribunal had taken monthly earnings of the deceased as Rs.3,000/-, deducted 1/3rd therefrom towards personal expenses of the deceased, applied multiplier ‘14’ and determined compensation towards loss of dependency. Under these circumstances, the income of the deceased can be taken as Rs.3,000/- per month or 36,000/- per annum. Out of the same, since the dependents are five in number, as per the decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Sarla Verma & others v. Delhi Transport Corporation and another2 , 1/4th of the income of the deceased has to be deducted towards personal living expenses, which comes to Rs.9,000/- and when the same is deducted, the contribution of the deceased to the family comes to Rs.27,000/-. In view of Sarla Verma’s case (2 supra), relevant multiplier applicable for the age of the deceased is ‘15’. When the same is applied, the loss of dependency comes to Rs.4,05,000/-. The Tribunal granted a sum of Rs.7,500/- towards loss of estate and another sum of Rs.7,500/- towards loss of consortium, which are meagre. Therefore, an amount of Rs.40,000/- is granted towards loss of estate and another sum of Rs.40,000/- is also granted towards loss of consortium. Thus, in all, the appellants are entitled to a total sum of Rs.4,85,000/- as against Rs.3,51,000/- granted by the Tribunal. Appellant No.1 being the wife of the deceased is entitled to the enhanced compensation of Rs.1,34,000/- and
