FAO No. 141 of 1994 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH FAO No. 141 of 1994 Date of decision February 10, 2011 Mange Ram and another ....... Appellants Versus Dharam Singh and others ........Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:- Mr. S. D. Bansal , Advocate for the appellant. Mr. S. K. Yadav , Advocate for respondent Nos. 1 to 4. Mr. Vivek Singal, Advocate for respondent No.5. **** 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 for enhancement of compensation for death of a person who was aged 14 years and the claimants were parents. The Tribunal took the contribution of the deceased at `250/- per month and adopted a multiplier of 12 and assessed the compensation of `36,000/-. 2. The determination of compensation for death of minor children are a difficult issue where a certain projection of what he would have earned if he had grown shall be required to be done. I would take notional income at `15,000/- per annum and take the contribution to the family at `7500/-. I would adopt a multiplier as taken by Tribunal and FAO No. 141 of 1994 2 hold loss of dependency at `90,000/- and make a further addition of `10,000/- towards conventional heads and increase the compensation to `1,00,000/-. The amount in excess of what has been awarded by the Tribunal shall carry interest at the rate of 6% per annum from the date of petition till the date of payment. The liability shall be in the same manner as determined by the Tribunal. The appeal is allowed to the above extent. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE February 10, 2011 archana