FAO No.6708 of 2010 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.6708 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision. 15.03.2011 Kanta wife of Pal Singh and others ......Appellants Versus Ashwani Sethi son of Anmolak Ram and others .....Respondents Present: Mr.K.S. Dhaliwal, Advocate for the appellants. CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN 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 appeal is for enhancement of claim for compensation for death of a person aged 16 and the claimants were parents and sister. The Tribunal assessed the likely income of such a person to be Rs.4000/-, made an approximation of Rs.2600/- as contribution to the family and applied a multiplier of 12. 2. Learned counsel for the appellant states that the appropriate multiplier in terms of the decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Sarla Verma Vs. DTC 2009(6) SCC 121 as explained by Shakti Devi Vs. New India Assurance Company Ltd. JT 2010(13) SC 103 would have been 14 and not 12. I am not prepared to take this as the only ground for taking on file the appeal for reconsideration, for even the assessment of income at Rs.4,000/- and the contribution assessed by the Tribunal at Rs.2600/- was already high and that would offset the FAO No.6708 of 2010 (O&M) -2- relatively lesser value of the multiplier that the Tribunal has awarded. The overall compensation, which the Tribunal has awarded at Rs.3,85,000/- with interest @7.5% is just and appropriate and under such circumstances, I do not feel inclined to interfere with the same. 3. The award is confirmed and the appeal is dismissed. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE March 15, 2011 Pankaj*