IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.2956 of 1999 (O&M) Date of decision:28.02.2011 Smt. Bhajani Devi and others ....Appellants versus Makhan Lal and another ....Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: Mr. Bhupinder Singh Walia, Advocate, for the appellants. None for respondent No.1. Mr. Vinod Chaudhry, Advocate, for respondent No.2 ---- 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 a person, aged 50 years. The claimants were the widow, a son and a daughter. The Tribunal assessed the income at Rs.1,800/-, made a deduction of 1/3rd for personal expenses and adopted a multiplier of 11, to determine the compensation at Rs.1,60,000/-. 2. Learned counsel seeks appraisal of compensation in the light of law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Sarla Verma and others Versus Delhi Transport Corporation and another- 2009(6) SCC 121. The modification that I will make would be to provide for a FAO No.2956 of 1999 (O&M) - 2 - multiplier of 13 and also add the conventional heads of claim at the scales suggested by the Hon'ble Supreme in the above case. 3. I tabulate the amount of compensation as payable as under:- Sr.No. Heads of claim Tribunal High Court Amount (Rs.) Amount (Rs.) 1. Income 1800 1800 2. Add, % of increase 30%/50%/nil 3. Deduction 600 600 4. Multiplicand 1200x12 1200x12 5. Multiplier 11 13 6. Loss of dependence 1,87,200 7. Loss of consortium 5000 8. Loss to estate 2500 9. Funeral expenses. 2000 _____ _______ Total 1,60,000 1,96,700 4. The amount shall be distributed amongst the claimants equally. The liability shall be in the same manner as determined by the Tribunal. 5. The appeal is allowed to the above terms. (K.KANNAN) JUDGE 28.02.2011 sanjeev