Whether minimum wage notified for skilled labour is absolute yardstick to fix income of the deceased in absence of salary certificate?

In absence of salary certificate remaining the income of the deceased husband, whether oral evidence of the wife is sufficient for deciding the income of the deceased?

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

Chandra @ Chnada @ Chandraram Vs. Mukesh Kumar Yadav
Civil Appeal No. 6152 of 2021
Hon’ble Judges : Hon’ble Mr. Justice R. Subhash Reddy & Hon’ble Mr.
Justice Hrishikesh Roy
Decided on : 01-10-2021

No, in absence of salary certificate the minimum wage notification can be considered as a yardstick but at the same time cannot be an absolute one to fix the income of the deceased.
Appellants (PARENTS) are also entitled for parental consortium of Rs.40,000/- each.

Further in view of the judgment of this Court in the case of Magma General Insurance Company Limited v. Nanu Ram @ Chuhru Ram & Ors.[2018 SCC OnLine SC 1546 = (2018) 18 SCC 130] the appellants are also entitled for parental consortium of Rs.40,000/­ each. The finding of the Tribunal that parents cannot be treated as dependents runs contrary to the judgment of this Court