FAO No.1673 of 2011 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.1673 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision.02.06.2011 Roshni Devi w/o Rangi Ram, aged 45 years and another ......Appellants Versus Akhtar Ali son of Basirudeen and others .....Respondents Present: Mr. Ashok Kumar Khubbar, Advocate for the appellants. CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? No. 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? No. 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? No. -.- K. KANNAN J.(ORAL) 1. Delay in filing the appeal is condoned. 2. The appeal is for enhancement of claim for death of a male aged 22 years. The claimants were the parents. The Tribunal took the notional income of the deceased at Rs.3600/- per month, made deduction of 1/3rd and applied a multiplier of 7 dependent on the age of the parents. Learned counsel states that the appropriate multiplier must have been 9 and not 7. I cannot accommodate a plea for enhancement in such a situation where the Tribunal has made a deduction of 1/3rd even though the judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Sarla Verma Vs. DTC 2009(6) SCC 121 suggests 50% of the deduction for death of a bachelor where the claimants are parents. Having regard to the fact of sure prospect of decreased contribution if the deceased came up of age and he were to be married, I do not find any scope for intervention. I find the compensation awarded by the FAO No.1673 of 2011 (O&M) -2- Tribunal at Rs.2,01,600/- as just and appropriate and calls for no intervention. 3. The award is confirmed and the appeal is dismissed. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE June 02, 2011 Pankaj*