into the aspect of deduction towards personal expenditure but it was laid down that the issue to be determined by the tribunal to arrive at the loss of dependency, include deduction to be made towards personal living expenses of the deceased. It cannot be said that the deceased, who is aged below 15 years, would not be incurring any expenditure towards his or her personal expenses. Hence, 50% of the income of the deceased should be deducted towards personal expenses, as laid down by the Supreme Court in SARLA VERMA v . DELHI TRANSPORT CORPORATI ON3 , in case of unmarried persons. Hence, Rs.15,000/ - would be the loss of annual income to the claimants. The age of the deceased is stated to be less than 15 years, hence, the appropriate multiplier, as per SARLA VERMA’s case (2 supra), is ‘15’. Hence, the loss of future income to the claimants would come to Rs.15,000/ - x 15 = Rs.2,25,000/ -. Following the latest decision of the Supreme Court in NATI ONAL I NSURANCE CO. LTD. v . PRANAY SETHI [ SLP(Civil).No.25590 of 2014 dated 31.10.2017), Rs.15,000/ - is awarded towards loss of estate and Rs.15,000/ - is awarded towards funeral expenses. Hence, in all, the claimants are entitled to total compensation of Rs.2,25,000/ - + Rs.15,000/ - + Rs.15,000/ - = Rs.2,55,000/ - with proportionate costs.
