IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.2222 of 1998 (O&M) Date of decision:06.10.2010 Mrs. Kusum Gupta and others ....Appellants versus Shri Vipin Kumar and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: Mr. Kiran Pal Singh, Advocate, for Mr. Arvind Singh, Advocate, for the appellant. Mr. Neeraj Khanna, Advocate, and Mr. Ravinder Arora, Advocate, for the Insurance Company. ---- 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 claim is for enhancement of compensation for the representatives of the deceased, who was a Lecturer in Government College. The salary had been proved to be Rs.10,920/- and the Tribunal took, after all compulsory deductions, Rs.8,000/- as his salary and took 1/3rd deduction for personal expenses, adopted a multiplier of 13 and determined a compensation of Rs.7,10,000/- as the amount payable. 2. The deceased was in Government employment and, therefore, I would take 30% increase as the average increase to the rest of his career and take the amount after deduction of tax to be Rs.12,500/-. I FAO No.2222 of 1998 (O&M) - 2 - will apply 1/3rd deduction for his personal expenses and take the contribution to the family at Rs.8,333/-. The annual dependency shall be taken as Rs.1 lakh and for a person, who was 45 years plus, I would adopt a multiplier of 13 as taken by the Tribunal. The amount of loss of dependency would, therefore, be Rs.13 lakhs. I would provide for conventional heads of claim at an additional sum of Rs.10,000/- of loss of consortium to the wife, loss of love and affection and the funeral expenses and loss to estate and take the total amount of compensation at Rs.13,10,000/-. The amount in excess of what has been awarded by the Tribunal shall bear interest at 6% from the date of the petition till the date of payment. 3. The appeal is allowed to the above extent. (K.KANNAN) JUDGE 06.10.2010 sanjeev