FAO No. 1037 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH FAO No. 1037 of 2011 Date of decision May 9, 2011 Smt. Baljeet Kaur and others ....... Appellants Versus Shree Pal and others ........Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:- Mr. Rajinder Singh Rana, Advocate for the appellants. **** 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? No 2. To be referred to the reporters or not? No 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest?No K. Kannan, J (oral). 1. The appeal is for enhancement of compensation for death of a person who was aged 25 years. The Tribunal had taken the income to be `4,000/- made a deduction of 1/4th for personal expenses and adopted a multiplier of 17. Learned counsel states that there were five dependents and in such a situation, as per the provisions of law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in Sarla Verma Vs.Delhi Road Transport Corporation reported in (2009) 6 SC 121 the multiplier must have been 18. The Tribunal took the deceased to be 25 plus and if so reckoned the choice of multiplier at 17 also conforms to law and calls for no intervention. The counsel states that the income assessed at `4,000/- was grossly low and states that he was a carpenter. With no evidence FAO No. 1037 of 2011 2 available, if the Tribunal had taken the average income to be `4,000/- it was appropriate. I find no reason to take a different view only to ascertain the quantum. The over all compensation of `6,22,000/- is just and proper. I find no reason to interfere with the same. The appeal is dismissed. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE May 9, 2011 archana