6 . There are number of citations to the effect that the age of the deceased shall be taken into consideration while granting compensation to the dependants of the deceased and that appropriate multiplier as per the judgment of the Apex court in case between Sar la Ver m a v. Delh i Tr an spor t Cor por at ion1 , has to be applied in such cases. So, the finding of the Tribunal taking the age of the deceased as 24 years and adopting multiplier 17 to the age of the deceased, cannot be held erroneous. Admittedly, the accident occurred on the intervening night of 6/ 7-06-2002. Admittedly, the deceased was 24 years old as on the date of the accident and was a Police Constable. As per the recent decision of the Apex Court in Nat ion al I n su r an ce Co. Lt d., Vs. Pr an ay Set h i an d ot h er s2 , where the deceased had a permanent job and was below the age of 40 years, while determining the income, an addition of 50% of actual salary to the income of the deceased at the time of accident towards future prospects, should be made. However, the Tribunal, took the monthly salary of the deceased as Rs.4,302/ -, deducted 1/ 3rd of it towards personal expenses and by adopting multiplier 17, calculated the loss of dependency as Rs.5,85,072/ -. The Tribunal further granted an amount of Rs.15,000/ - towards loss of estate and Rs.3,000/ - towards funeral expenses. In all, the Tribunal assessed
