FAO No.757 of 1990 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.757 of 1990 DATE OF DECISION: February 1, 2011 PREM & OTHERS ...APPELLANTS VERSUS SUKHDEV 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: MS. SHRIYA CHAHAR PANJETA, ADVOCATE FOR MR. R.S. CHAHAR, ADVOCATE FOR THE APPELLANTS. NONE FOR THE RESPONDENTS NO.1 AND 2. MR. GAUTAM BHARDWAJ, ADVOCATE FOR MR. N.K. KHOSLA, ADVOCATE FOR RESPONDENT NO.3. K.KANNAN, J.(ORAL) 1. The appeal is for enhancement of compensation for death of a person who was aged 32 years and who was engaged in the avocation of driving. The evidence was that the deceased was earning `1450/- per month and supporting a large family of his wife and three minor children. Learned counsel appearing for the appellant seeks for reappraisal of the claim for the failure of the Tribunal to take appropriate contribution to the family and take note of conventional heads of claim. 2. Having regard to the fact that there were four dependents on the deceased, I will make 1/4th deduction for his personal expenses, take the monthly contribution to the family at `1087.50 and adopt a multiplier of 17 FAO No.757 of 1990 -2- to find the loss of dependency at `2,21,850/-. I will make addition of 5000/- towards loss of consortium to the wife and `7500/- for three children as love of love and affection @ `2500/- per child and make a further addition of `5000/- towards loss to estate and funeral expenses. The total amount of compensation will be `2,39,350/-. The Tribunal has already awarded a compensation of `1,92,000/-. I have adopted relatively a larger multiplier having regard to the large family of the deceased and the age of the children to be 5 years, 3 years and 1½ years as they had long life to be supported. The amount in excess over what has been already awarded by the Tribunal will bear interest @ 6% from the date of petition till the date of payment. 3. The liability shall be in the same manner as determined by the Tribunal. 4. The appeal is allowed to the above extent. February 1, 2011 (K.KANNAN) Gulati JUDGE