FAO No. 249 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH FAO No. 249 of 2011 Date of decision April 6, 2011 Swaranjit Singh ....... Appellant Versus Gurcharan Singh and others ........Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:- Ms. Maninder Kaur, Advocate for Mr. G. S. Sandhu, Advocate for the appellant. **** 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). CM No.1042-CII of 2011 1. There is a delay of 75 days in filing the appeal. For the reasons stated in the application, application is allowed. Delay of 73 days in filing the appeal is condoned. FAO No.249 of 2011 2. The appeal is at the instance of the wife, son and daughter for death of a male aged about 50 years. He was said to be engaged in selling milk and some business in wood but there is no clear evidence about his income status. The Tribunal assessed the income to be 3,000/- per month, made deduction of 1/3rd and adopted a multiplier of FAO No. 249 of 2011 2 11 suitable to the age of the deceased. The Tribunal also provided for conventional heads of claim like loss of estate, funeral expenses and loss of consortium at 10,000/-. The overall compensation determined at 2,84,000/- in my view, is appropriate and just. Learned counsel states that interest was awarded only at 6% and it should have been more. Considering the fact that the accident had taken place in December, 2008, the petition having been filed in February 2009 and the case having been decided on 5.11.2009, even within a year from the date of accident, the provision for interest at 6% cannot be said to be low. The assessment of compensation is affirmed and the appeal is dismissed. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE April 6, 2011 archana