FAO No.2306 of 2010 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.2306 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision.21.12.2010 Manjit Kaur widow of Ravinder Singh son of S. Harbans Singh resident of 095, Street No.6, Pakhowal Road, Ludhiana. ......Appellant Versus Mahesh Kumar son of Krishan Lal and others ......Respondents Present: Mr. Sandeep Arora, Advocate for the appellant. Mr. Parminder Singh, Advocate for respondent NO.1 and 2. Mr. Vinod Gupta, Advocate for insurance company. None for respondent Nos.4 and 5. 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 of 99 days in filing the appeal is condoned. 2. Service to respondent Nos.4 and 5 is dispensed with. 3. The only modification that is sought in appeal filed for seeking enhancement is for death of a person, who was aged 56 years. The Tribunal had adopted a multiplier of 7. Learned counsel for the appellant seeks for application of a multiplier in terms of the law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Sarla Verma Vs. DTC 2009(6) SCC 121 and seeks for application of multiplier of 9. The extent of dependence had already been assessed at Rs.72,000/- and adopting a FAO No.2306 of 2010 (O&M) -2- multiplier of 9, there will be an increase to the tune of Rs.1,44,000/-. All other heads of claim are as determined by the Tribunal and so too, the liability found on the insurance company. 4. The appeal is, therefore, allowed to the extent of enhancement by Rs.1,44,000/- with interest @6% from the date of the petition till the date of payment. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE December 21, 2010 Pankaj*