IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH FAO No. 1002 of 1992 Date of decision January 25 , 2011 Himachal Road Transport Corporation Mandi and another ....... Appellants Versus Kailash Rani and others ........Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:- Ms. Ekta Thakur, Advocate for the appellant. Mr. S. S. Kamboj, Advocate for respondent Nos. 1 to 6 and 9. None for respondent Nos.7 and 8. **** 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. The appeal is by the State Transport Corporation against an award of `50,000/- assessed for death of a Scooterist. The deceased was said to be 65 years of age and the claimants were his widow and major son. The accident is said to have taken place at the time when he was proceeding on the scooter and while turning, State Transport bus dashed against the scooterist from behind. The Tribunal found that the scooterist had also contributed to the accident by his negligence by suddenly turning from the main road causing the accident. While fixing the quantum the Tribunal took the income at `15,000/- provided for 1/4th deduction and adopted a multiplier of 8. Learned counsel would state that the higher percentage of negligence must be attributed to the deceased and even the deduction of merely 1/4th for personal expenses was erroneous. According to the learned counsel it should have been only 1/3rd and the multiplier must have been 7 and not 8 as taken by the Tribunal. 2. The overall compensation for death of man who was aged 65 years at `50,000/- was itself modest and I am not prepared to reappraise the quantum for such a modest sum of compensation awarded at this length, nearly two decades later. The award is maintained and the appeal is dismissed. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE January 25, 2011 archana