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Suit No. 253 of J 977, decided on 17th November, 1980.
‑‑ S. 1‑Damages for causing death‑Calculation‑Expected age of deceased and his parents sixty‑five years‑Plaintiffs Nos. 1 and 2 at time of filing of suit aged 39 and 30 years respectively‑Deceased boy expected to start earning after JO years when only 16 and 25 years left of expected span of lives of' plaintiffs Nos. 1 and 2 respec tively‑Plaintiff or either of them could expect an income of Rs. 500 p. m. for 25 years totalling to Rs 1 50,000‑Plaintiff No. 1 however having already been spending Rs. 500 per mouth on education and upkeep of deceased and such sum having been saved from future disbursement for a period of 10 to 12 years totalling to Rs. 60.000, liable to be deducted from gross amount of damages‑Damages after deduction of such sum calculated as Rs. 90,000‑Held No doubt evidence on record relied upon in estimating damages but an element of guesswork also appearing in such estimation- Assessment in such cases, held further, bound to be of rough and approximate nature to certain extent.‑[Damages].
Manmatha Nath Kuri v. Muhammad Mokhlasur Rehman P I. D 1969 S C 565 ref.
Zafar Alam Khan for Plaintiffs.
M. G. Dastgir for Defendant No. 1.
Mir Rara Hussain Hydri for Defendant No. 2.
Defendant No. 3 : Ex parte.
Date of hearing : 16th November, 1980.
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