FAO No.3715 of 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.3715 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision : 01.08.2011 Kishno Devi and another .......Appellants Versus Kulwinder Singh and others .......Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA CHAUHAN Present: Mr. Rajeev Dev Sharma, Advocate, for the appellant. Mr. Ravinder Arora, Advocate, for the Insurance Company. **** JITENDRA CHAUHAN, J. (ORAL) CM Nos.16021-22-CII of 2011 The CM applications are allowed and the delay in filing and refiling the appeal, is condoned. Main case The claimants are in appeal against the Award dated 24.09.2008, passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Gurdaspur, seeking enhancement of the amount of compensation. Heard. The deceased, Naresh Kumar, was 20 years of age at the time of the accident. He was unmarried. The claimants are his 1 FAO No.3715 of 2010 parents. While passing the impugned award, the learned Tribunal has not awarded any compensation under the Head : love and affection. Keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case in hand, an amount of ` 15,000/- is awarded towards the head ‘love and affection’. The learned Tribunal has awarded ` 7,000/- for funeral expenses and loss of estate, which in the opinion of this Court, is on the lower side. Accordingly, an amount of ` 5,000/- is enhanced under the head of funeral expenses, over and above the amount already awarded. Thus, in all, the amount enhanced comes to ` 20,000/-. The award against the other heads is just and adequate. If the enhanced amount of ` 20,000/-, is not paid within 45 days, the appellants shall be entitled to interest at the rate of 6% p.a. from the date of filing the appeal till its payment. Accordingly, the present appeal is partly allowed and the award of the learned Tribunal is modified to the extent indicated above. ( JITENDRA CHAUHAN ) 01.08.2011 JUDGE atulsethi Note: Whether to be referred to reporter ? Yes/No 2