FAO No.460 of 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.460 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision : 02.08.2011 Raj Kumar and another .......Appellants Versus Avtar Singh and others .......Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA CHAUHAN Present: None for the appellant. Mr. Ravinder Arora, Advocate, for the Insurance Company. **** JITENDRA CHAUHAN, J. (ORAL) The claimants are in appeal against the Award dated 16.09.2009, passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Kaithal, seeking enhancement of the amount of compensation. Heard learned counsel for the respondent-Insurance Company and perused the impugned award. The deceased, Satish Kumar, was 24 years of age at the time of his death in the accident. He was unmarried. The claimants are his parents. From a perusal of the Award, it is made out that the learned Tribunal has awarded ` 10,000/- under the heads of ‘loss of estate’ and ‘funeral expenses’, which, in the opinion of this Court, is 1 FAO No.460 of 2010 on a lower side. Accordingly, another sum of ` 10,000/- is awarded under this head over and above the amount already awarded. The deceased was a young man of 24 years and has left behind his old parents. However, the learned Tribunal has not awarded any compensation under the head ‘love and affection’. In this view of the matter, it is considered appropriate to award a sum of ` 50,000/- under the head ‘love and affection’. Thus, in all, the amount enhanced comes to ` 60,000/-, which shall be deposited within 45 days from today. In case, the amount aforesaid is not deposited within the stipulated period, the appellants shall be entitled to the 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 ) 02.08.2011 JUDGE atulsethi Note: Whether to be referred to reporter ? Yes/No 2