IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.2127 of 1995 Date of decision:06.08.2010 The New India Insurance Company Limited ....Appellant versus Yadvinder Singh and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: Mr. Tejinder Pal Singh, Advocate, for the appellant. None for the respondents. ---- 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest ? ---- K.Kannan, J. (Oral) 1. The Insurance Company has challenged the choice of multiplier adopted by the Tribunal for determining compensation of a person, who was 28 years of age. The claimants were the widow, two minor children aged 7 and 4 and parents. It was in evidence that he was an agriculturist, having certain lands and after his death, two agriculture labourers were being employed and they were being paid Rs.1,000/- each. The Tribunal therefore took the value of the supervisory role that the deceased performed at Rs.2,000/- per month, took the contribution to the family to be Rs.24,000/- and adopted a multiplier of 20. While I have no doubt in my mind that the choice of multiplier was inappropriate, still FAO No.2127 of 1995 - 2 - I do not find a reason to interfere with the award for even if 18 were to be taken as appropriate multiplier, the Tribunal ought to have still provided for other conventional heads of claims for loss of consortium to the wife, love and affection for the children, for loss to estate, funeral expenses etc. They have all not been done. Further the Insurance Company itself could not have maintained the action in appeal on the question of quantum. The appeal is not maintainable on that ground. 2. The award of the Tribunal is confirmed and the appeal is dismissed. (K.KANNAN) JUDGE 06.08.2010 sanjeev