IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.1530 of 1999 (O&M) Date of decision:23.05.2011 Raj Kumari and others ...Appellants versus Jagbir and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: Mr. Bhupinder Singh Walia, Advocate, for the appellants. Mr. Kunal Garg, AAG, Haryana. ---- 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 assessed in a case of death of a male, aged 40 years. The claimants were widow, two minor daughters and one minor son. The Tribunal assessed a compensation of Rs.1,20,000/- taking the income to be Rs.1,500/-, deduction to be 1/3rd and the multiplier to be 10. 2. The case relates to an accident which took place on 26.05.1998 and having regard to the fact that the annual income of the deceased is less than even what is provided under Schedule-II, I will take the formula provided under Schedule-II and apply a multiplier of 15 instead of 10 and hold the loss of dependency at Rs.1,80,000/-. I will FAO No.1530 of 1999 (O&M) - 2- add another Rs.20,000/- towards the conventional heads of claim to round off the claim at Rs.2 lakhs. The award shall stand modified and the compensation shall be taken as Rs.2 lakhs payable to the claimants in the same proportion in which the Tribunal has directed the distribution of the compensation. The additional amount shall also 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. 3. The award stands modified and the appeal is allowed. (K.KANNAN) JUDGE 23.05.2011 sanjeev