FAO No.6290 of 2010 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.6290 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision. 13.05.2011 Smt. Hezra wife of Muntaz and others ......Appellants Versus Narain son of Jhutha Ram Mina and others .....Respondents Present: Mr. Dharampal Gill, 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. Delay in filing the appeal is condoned. 2. The appeal is for enhancement of compensation for death of a boy aged 20 years. The claimants were the parents. The Tribunal had made a 50% cut for personal expenses and adopted a multiplier of 18 to determine a compensation of 3,30,000/-. The contention of the learned counsel for the appellants is that the Tribunal had adopted a larger slice of cut than what the case deserved. The provision for 50% cut in case of death of a bachelor has been suggested by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Sarla Verma Vs. DTC 2009(6) SCC 121. I find no defect in the assessment of compensation made by the Tribunal. 3. The further contention of the counsel is that the Tribunal has provided for only Rs.6,000/- for compensation for funeral expenses. The provision for compensation for conventional heads are purely conventional and it is not possible for me to reappraise the issue in FAO No.6290 of 2010 (O&M) -2- appeal only for the purpose of seeing whether funeral expenses have been properly provided for or not. 4. The award is confirmed and the appeal is dismissed. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE May 13, 2011 Pankaj*