FAO No.954 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH FAO No.954 of 2011 Date of decision May 5, 2011 Charan Singh and others ....... Appellants Versus Sher Singh and others ........Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:- Mr. Vipul Dharmani, Advocate for the petitioner. **** 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 who was reported to be 50 years of age. The only point urged by the counsel is that the choice of multiplier as 12 was wrong it should have been 13. The Tribunal was actually applying the scales of compensation provided by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Sarla Verma Vs.Delhi Road Transport Corporation reported in (2009) 6 SC 121 and assumed the age to be 50 years and applied a multiplier for the age group from 51 to 55 years. If there was any definite proof of age which could show that she was less than 50 years then the application of 13 would have been proper. The Tribunal had taken the age to be 50 plus and took her to fall within the age group of 51 to 55. I find that the Tribunal was not in any way erroneous in adopting a multiplier of 12. Learned FAO No.954 of 2011 2 counsel states that the income had been merely taken at `3,000/- and it should have been more. She was an agricultural labour and the Tribunal made an assessment that she could have earned `3,000/-. An agricultural labour does not get engaged right through the year, even if the minimum wage must be taken at the amount relatively higher than `3,000/-, I would understood the average income taken at `3,000/- was justified. 2. The over all assessment of compensation at `3,14,000/- for the sons and daughters, all of whom were majors is appropriate and just I find no scope for interference. 3. The award is confirmed and the appeal is dismissed + (K. KANNAN) JUDGE May 5, 2011 archana