Motor Vehicles Accident – Calculation of a multiplier – Where
there is death of a person, who is a bachelor, in that case the
multiplier is to be calculated on basis of the age of deceased or age
of the dependents – Appellant contended that it is the age of the
dependents which has to be taken into account – Held: This issue is
settled by the judgments of three Judge Bench of Supreme Court in
Sube Singh & Anr. v. Shyam Singh (Dead) & Ors., Munna Lal Jain &
Anr. v. Vipin Kumar Sharma & Ors., Reshma Kumari & Ors. v. Madan
Mohan & Anr. and also judgment of the Constitution Bench in
National Insurance Company Ltd. v. Pranay Sethi & Ors. that it is the
age of the deceased which has to be taken into account and not the
age of the dependents – Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – s.140.