FAO No. 6684 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH FAO No. 6684 of 2010 Date of decision April 25, 2011 Dharmvir and another ....... Appellants Versus Hira Singh and others ........Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:- Mr. N. K. Malhotra , Advocate for the appellants. **** 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 claim for compensation for death of a boy aged 19 years where the parents are claimants. He was said to be an agriculturist and the Tribunal took the income to be `3,000/- and adopted a multiplier of 18 after making provision for 50% deduction for personal expenses. The Tribunal had awarded `3,30,000/- as compensation. We have also come by decisions where the Courts have held that where the claimants are parents, the choice of multiplier must be dependent on the age of the parents and not the age of the deceased. If it must be seen that he was aged only 19 years and scales of compensation as provided under Schedule-II were to be applied even then the multiplier would have been only 16 and not 18. I cannot persuade myself to take a view that `3,30,000/- awarded for death of a young person is in any way inadequate or not just. I see no scope for FAO No. 6684 of 2010 2 interference. 2. The award is confirmed and the appeal is dismissed. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE April 25, 2011 archana