FAO No. 6696 of 2010 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH FAO No. 6696 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision April 20, 2011 Anpi Devi and another ....... Appellants Versus Mohinder Singh and another ........Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:- Mr. Monika Jalota, Advocate for the appellant. **** 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest? K. Kannan, J (oral). 1. The appeal is for enhancement of claim for compensation for death of a boy aged 20 years. The claimants are parents aged 43 and 40 years. The Tribunal took the income at `3,000/- per month and adopted a multiplier of 14 and determined a compensation of `2,62,000/- that included the conventional heads of claim as well. Learned counsel appearing for the appellant states that he was working as a contractor and he was an unskilled worker and that the income must have been taken more than `3,000/-. So long as he was not a skilled worker and having regard to the relatively less age with no high levels of work, the assessment made by the Tribunal cannot be wrong. The determination of multiplier cannot also be faulted because the age of the parents is 43 and 40 years and the Tribunal adopted a multiplier of 14. Learned counsel states that the multiplier must have been 15. The age of the parents is more than 40 and it was possible for a Court to apply a relatively high multiplier, if only the age of the mother was less than 40. The Tribunal has FAO No. 6696 of 2010 (O&M) 2 taken the average age of the parents and adopted a multiplier of 14 which in my view, is appropriate. The over all compensation determined also accords with law and I find no scope for interference. 2. The award is confirmed and the appeal is dismissed. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE April 20, 2011 archana