IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI MACA No.230/2010 Date of Decision: August 18. 2010 RAJ SINGH & ANR Appellants through Mr. Anuj Saini, proxy counsel for Mr. S.K.Vashistha, Advocate versus JAI PARKASH & ORS Respondents through Mr. Sameer Nandwani, Advocate for respondent No.3. CORAM: HON'BLE MISS JUSTICE REKHA SHARMA 1. Whether the reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the reporter or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the 'Digest'? REKHA SHARMA. T. (ORAL) Admittedly, the deceased was a child of 9 years and was studying in Class-Ill. The learned Claims Tribunal has awarded the compensation of Rs.2,00,000/- to the parents of the deceased along with interest @ 7.5% per annum. The learned counsel for the appellants has relied upon a judgment of this Court in the case of Mobd. Ayyub and Another Versus Satish Kumar Gupta and Others, reported in 2010(1) T.A.C. 931, in which case a child of 7 years had died. His parents were MACA No.230/2010 Page 1 of 2 Digitally Signed By:AMULYA Certify that the digital file and physical file have been compared and the digital data is as per the physical file and no page is missing. Signature Not Verified awarded compensation to the tune of Rs.3,75,000/-. A perusal of the said judgment goes to show that the notional income of the deceased was taken to be Rs.15,000/- per annum and after applying the multiplier of 15, the loss of dependency to the claimants was worked out at Rs.2,25,000/-. To this amount, relying upon a judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of R.K.MalikVersus Kiran Pal, reported in 2009(8) Scale 451, Rs.75,000/- were added towards future prospects and Rs.75,000/- towards non-pecuniary damages. I see no reason to deviate from what was awarded in the case of Mobd. Ayyub (supra). Accordingly, I also award a sum of Rs.3,75,000/- to the appellants. The difference between the compensation as awarded by this Court and as granted by the Tribunal is Rs.1,75,000/-. The Insurance Company is directed to pay the difference of Rs.l,75,000/- to the appellants along with interest @7.5% per annum from the date of the fihng of the claim petition. The appeal is disposed of. JHARMA, J. AUGUST 18, 2010 ka MACA No.230/2010 Page 2 of 2