FAO No.1131 of 2011 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.1131 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision. 11.05.2011 Smt. Sumant alias Suman wd/o of Sarjeet and others ......Appellants Versus Partap Singh son of Bawa Singh and others .....Respondents Present: Dr. Deipa Singh, 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. Delays in refiling and filing the appeal are condoned. 2. The appeal is against the assessment of compensation for death of a person, who was aged 45 years. He was said to be working in M/s Skylark Securities Pvt. Ltd. and was earning Rs.2957/- as per Ex.P-2. It was also stated that he had some agricultural land and he was earning Rs.3,000/- per month. In the absence of any proof with regard to income from agricultural land, the Tribunal took the income at Rs.2957/- and proceeded to determine the compensation by adopting the multiplier of 15 against the same. The choice of multiplier was found one unit higher than what was prescribed by the decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Sarla Verma Vs. DTC 2009(6) SCC 121 . The total compensation, which was made includes also the conventional heads of claim for funeral expenses and loss of consortium. All the FAO No.1131 of 2011 (O&M) -2- heads of claim had been properly assessed and compensation assessed at Rs.3,29,356/- cannot be said to be low. 3. The award is confirmed and the appeal is dismissed. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE May 11, 2011 Pankaj*