IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.631 of 1998 (O&M) Date of decision:28.02.2011 Gurmej Kaur and another ....Appellants versus Punjab State through Collector, Faridkot and another ....Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: Mr. Ashok Kumar Khunger, Advocate, for the appellants. Ms. Reeta Kohli, AAG, Punjab, for the respondents. ---- 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 claim for compensation for death of 20 years old male person, who was said to have been involved in dairy farming. The claimants were the parents and younger of them was 50 years of age. In the absence of any clear evidence regarding the source of income, the Tribunal took the income as equivalent to that of a labourer at Rs.1,500/-, adopted a multiplier of 11 and granted a compensation of Rs.1,32,000/-. The only difference in approach could be to take a multiplier of 13 instead of 11 in terms of the scale provided by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Sarla Verma and FAO No.631 of 1998 (O&M) - 2 - others Versus Delhi Transport Corporation and another 2009(6) SCC 121. I tabulate the amount of compensation as payable as below:- Sr.No. Heads of claim Tribunal High Court Amount (Rs.) Amount (Rs.) 1. Income 1500 1500 2. Add, % of increase - 3. Deduction 500 4. Multiplicand 1000x12 1000x 12 5. Multiplier 11 13 6. Loss of dependence 1,56,000 7. Loss to estate 2,500 8. Funeral expenses. 2,000 _______ _______ Total 1,32,000 1,60,500 2. The amount in excess over what has been determined by the Tribunal shall attract interest at 6% from the date of petition till date of payment. The liability shall be in the same manner as determined by the Tribunal. The additional amount shall be distributed amongst the claimants equally. 3. The appeal is allowed to the above terms. (K.KANNAN) JUDGE 28.02.2011 sanjeev