FAO No.606 of 1998 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.606 of 1998 DATE OF DECISION: March 1, 2011 KULWINDER KAUR AND OTHERS ...APPELLANTS VERSUS KULDIP SINGH AND OTHERS ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.KANNAN. 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement? No 2. To be referred to the reporters or not? No 3. Whether the judgement should be reported in the digest? No ---- PRESENT: MR. BHAG SINGH, ADVOCATE FOR THE APPELLANT. NONE FOR RESPONDENTS NO.1 & 2. MR. SUVIR DEWAN, ADVOCATE FOR RESPONDENT NO.3. K.KANNAN, J.(ORAL) 1. The appeal is for claim for compensation for death of a mother of four children where the assessment by the Tribunal was `90,000/-. In the same accident the father had also died. The Tribunal had assessed the compensation at `3,60,000/- for the death of the father. It appears that the award has become final and no increase had been made. Learned counsel for the appellants states that the value of the services of the mother ought to have been taken higher than how it has been assessed by the Tribunal at `500/-. I take the value of the services on the basis of the decision of a Division Bench of the Madras High Court in National Insurance Company vs. Minor Deepika, 2009(6) MLJ 1005 in taking the wife's contribution to be at least 50% of the contribution of the husband to the family. This approach was also approved by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Arun Kumar Aggarwal vs. National Insurance Company, reported as 2010 RAJ 262. I FAO No.606 of 1998 -2- will therefore, apply the same multiplier as taken by the Tribunal and take the loss of dependency at `1,60,000/-. I will provide for additional amount of 15,000/- for loss of love and affection for the children, `2500/- towards loss to estate and `2500/- for funeral expenses and the over-all compensation would be `1,80,000/-. The amount in excess over what has been determined by the Tribunal shall attract interest @ 6% from the date of petition till the date of payment. 2. The liability shall be in the same manner as determined by the Tribunal. 3. The amount determined shall be distributed equally amongst the children only. 4. The appeal is allowed to the above extent. March 1, 2011 (K.KANNAN) Gulati JUDGE