FAO No.2735 of 2000 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.2735 of 2000 DATE OF DECISION: January 10, 2011 SMT. MANPREET KAUR AND OTHERS ...APPELLANTS VERSUS HARNEK SINGH AND OTHERS ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.KANNAN. 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement. No 2. To be referred to the reporters or not? No 3. Whether the judgement should be reported in the digest? No ---- PRESENT: MR. HARPREET PAL SINGH, ADVOCATE FOR THE APPELLANTS. NONE FOR RESPONDENTS NOS.1 TO 6. MR. K.K. VERMA, ADVOCATE FOR MR. R.K. BASHAMBOO, ADVOCATE FOR RESPONDENT NO.7. K.KANNAN, J.(ORAL) The appeal is for enhancement of compensation for death of a person who was aged 32 years. The appellants had produced income tax returns for a firm that showed a total of `4850/- that was said to be engaged in Commission business in purchase and sale of agricultural produce. The income as shown in the tax return is much less than what the Tribunal had taken as notional income for the deceased. If `15,000/- is taken as annual income and a 1/4th deduction is made for personal consumption, the contribution to the family will be `11,250/- and if a multiplier of 16 is adopted, the extent of loss of dependency would come to `1,80,000/-. The dependency assessed by the Tribunal was even more than what could be FAO No.2735 of 2000 -2- assessed by this Court. I find no scope for enhancement of the award. The appeal is dismissed. January 10, 2011 (K.KANNAN) Gulati JUDGE