RAJ BALA & ORS. versus RAKEJA BEGAM & ORS.
The Court held that future prospects must be added (50% of actual salary) for a deceased below 40 with a permanent job, recalculated the multiplicand and applied the correct multiplier to enhance loss of dependency; awarded conventional amounts for loss of estate and funeral expenses; held that compensation under 'love and affection' is impermissible where spousal or parental consortium claims exist and adjusted/deducted excess grants accordingly; resulting in an enhanced total award of Rs.10,29,260 payable by Respondent No.4 within eight weeks subject to interest on delay.
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- Loss of dependency
- Future prospects
- Loss of consortium
- Parental consortium
- Funeral expenses
- Loss of estate