FAO No.7302 of 2010 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.7302 of 2010 DATE OF DECISION: March 29, 2011 USHA RANI AND OTHERS ...APPELLANTS VERSUS JARNAIL SINGH AND OTHERS ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.KANNAN. 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement? No 2. To be referred to the reporters or not? No 3. Whether the judgement should be reported in the digest? No ---- PRESENT: MR. J.S. COONER, ADVOCATE FOR THE APPELLANTS. K.KANNAN, J.(ORAL) 1. The appeal is for enhancement of claim for compensation for the death of a male aged 40 years. The Tribunal took the income of the deceased at `5000/- per month in a case where he was stated to be a Tractor Mechanic. While assessing the compensation the Tribunal made deduction of 1/4th for personal expenses, adopted a multiplier of 15 in terms of the law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Sarla Verma vs. DTC, reported as 2009 6 SCC 121 and proceeded to award a compensation of `6,90,000/-. There is no error in assumption of compensation and I find no reason to interfere with the same. 2. Learned counsel states that the owner has also filed an appeal against the recovery rights granted against him. It will be independent of consideration on the issue of quantum which is the subject matter in appeal. I do not find that this case must merit an admission or notice only because the owner's appeal has been admitted before this Court. FAO No.7302 of 2010 -2- 3. The award is confirmed so far as the issue of quantum is concerned. The appeal is dismissed. March 29, 2011 (K.KANNAN) Gulati JUDGE