<p>The Supreme Court has awarded Rs 7.64 crore compensation to the family members of a 45-year old man who got killed in the crash of Air India Express Flight 812 from Dubai in Mangaluru on May 22, 2010.</p>.<p>A total of 158 people of the 166 passengers on board perished in the accident.</p>.<p>On a plea by Triveni Kodkany, wife of deceased Mahendra Kodkany, a bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and Ajay Rastogi disagreed with the reasonings of the NCDRC in making a deduction from the salary of the victim while calculating the compensation.</p>.<p>The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) had granted the wife, daughter, and son of the deceased Rs 7.35 crore as compensation. </p>.<p>The top court now directed Air India to pay them the enhanced amount along with 9% interest per annum.</p>.<p>Kodkany was an expat and employed as the regional director for the Middle Eastern Region with GTL Overseas (Middle East) FZ-LLC a UAE-based company.</p>.<p>In its judgement, the top court said bifurcation of the salary of the deceased into diverse heads may be made by the employer for a variety of reasons. </p>.<p>However, in a claim for compensation arising out of the death of the employee, the income has to be assessed on the basis of the entitlement of the employee, it said.</p>.<p>The court noted that Kodkany was a confirmed employee entitled to adequate weightage in terms of determination of compensation in the event of untimely demise.</p>
<p>The Supreme Court has awarded Rs 7.64 crore compensation to the family members of a 45-year old man who got killed in the crash of Air India Express Flight 812 from Dubai in Mangaluru on May 22, 2010.</p>.<p>A total of 158 people of the 166 passengers on board perished in the accident.</p>.<p>On a plea by Triveni Kodkany, wife of deceased Mahendra Kodkany, a bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and Ajay Rastogi disagreed with the reasonings of the NCDRC in making a deduction from the salary of the victim while calculating the compensation.</p>.<p>The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) had granted the wife, daughter, and son of the deceased Rs 7.35 crore as compensation. </p>.<p>The top court now directed Air India to pay them the enhanced amount along with 9% interest per annum.</p>.<p>Kodkany was an expat and employed as the regional director for the Middle Eastern Region with GTL Overseas (Middle East) FZ-LLC a UAE-based company.</p>.<p>In its judgement, the top court said bifurcation of the salary of the deceased into diverse heads may be made by the employer for a variety of reasons. </p>.<p>However, in a claim for compensation arising out of the death of the employee, the income has to be assessed on the basis of the entitlement of the employee, it said.</p>.<p>The court noted that Kodkany was a confirmed employee entitled to adequate weightage in terms of determination of compensation in the event of untimely demise.</p>
