FAO No.1886 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.1886 of 2011 Date of decision: 2.12.2011 Satbir and another ....Appellants Versus Balbir and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE JITENDRA CHAUHAN Present: Mr.Manoj Chahal, Advocate for the appellants Mr.Sandeep Thakan, Advocate for respondent No.2. Ms.Rajwinder Kaur, Advocate for respondent No.3- Insurance Company ***** Jitendra Chauhan, J.(Oral) The present appeal has been filed by the claimants-appellants, seeking enhancement of the compensation amount awarded by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Bhiwani (for short 'the Tribunal'), vide award dated 29.10.2010, on account of death of Ramesh, in a motor vehicular accident on 2.5.2009. The only argument raised by the learned counsel for the appellants is that the multiplier of 11 applied by the learned Tribunal is contrary to the law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Smt. Sarla Verma and others Vs. Delhi Transport Corporation and another, 2009(3) RCR (Civil) 77 , the same should have been applied 13, as per the age of the parents-claimants. FAO No.1886 of 2011 2 I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. From the record, it reveals that the deceased was bachelor at the time of his death, so personal expenses of 50% are to be deducted from his salary. The age of the parents falls within the age group of 45 to 50 years as per the claim petition. Keeping in view the law laid down in Sarla Verma's case, the multiplier deserves to be increased from 11 to 13. Ordered accordingly. His monthly income was rightly assessed at `3300/-. No other point has been urged by the learned counsel for the parties. Accordingly, the total compensation comes to `2,87,400/- (3300 (income) x 1/2 (dependency) x 12 x 13 (multiplier) + 30000 (already awarded under various heads). The balance amount i.e. ` 39,600/- ( 2,87,400 – 2,47,800 (already awarded by the learned Tribunal) shall be paid to the appellants, in the manner indicated in the impugned award, within 45 days from the date of receipt of the certified copy of this judgment, failing which, the same shall carry interest @ 7.5% per annum from the date of filing the appeal, till its realisation. In view of above, the present appeal is partly allowed with the modification indicated above. 2.12.2011 (JITENDRA CHAUHAN) gsv JUDGE