If a house wife was not doing any work and has no source of income then
how much her income should be fixed for purpose to computing the
compensation under Motor Vehicles Act this question has been decided by
Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of Jitendra Khimshankar Trivedi and
othess Versus Kasam Daud Kumbhar and others decided on 03.02.2015 and
reported in 2015 (2) AWC 1089 (SC).
Hon'ble Apex court held that it is hard to monetize the domestic work
done by a house-wife. The service of the mother/wife is available 24
hours and her duties are never fixed. courts have recognized the
contribution made by the wife to the house is invaluable and that it
cannot be computed in terms of money. A house wife/house-maker does not
work by the clock and she is in constant attendance of the family
throughout and such service render by the house-maker has to be
necessarily kept in veiw while calculating the loss of dependency.
In this case Hon'ble Apex Court fixed the income of deceased
house-wife/house-maker Rs. 3,000/- per month after considering several
earlier decisions of Court and enhanced the award
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