FAO No. 1080 of 1992 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH FAO No. 1080 of 1992 Date of decision January 27 , 2011 Krishna Devi and another ....... Appellants Versus Maha Singh and others ........Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:- Mr. OPS Tanwar , Advocate for the appellant. None for respondent No.1. Mr. R. K. Bashamboo, Advocate for respondent No.4. Mr. Kunal Garg, AAG., Haryana for respondent Nos. 2 and 3. **** 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 by the widow and minor son of deceased Prem Chand who was a Safai Sewak in a Bank. The income proved was that he was earning `2281/-. The Tribunal provided for 50% deduction and adopted a multiplier of 16. In the same accident she had also lost her child who was travelling with the father, the Tribunal awarded compensation of `25,000/- but the appeal is only against the award of compensation seeking for enhancement for the claimant for death of the husband. 2. Since he was working in a nationalized bank, with FAO No. 1080 of 1992 2 a sure prospect of increase in salary, I will take that he would have a 50% increase in the manner suggested by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Sarla Verma Vs.Delhi Road Transport Corporation reported in (2009) 6 SC 121 and taking an average income to be `3421.50, I will provide for 1/3rd deduction instead of 50% as taken by the Tribunal and hold that contribution to the family as `2281/-, I will adopt a same multiplier as adopted by the Tribunal and hold the amount of compensation payable at `4,37,900/-. I will also add `5,000/- towards loss of consortium, `2500/- for loss of love and affection for the child and an additional amount of `5,000/- towards loss of estate and 2,000/- towards funeral expenses. In all the total compensation payable shall be `4,52,,400/-. The Tribunal had awarded `2,05,000/-. The amount in excess of what has been awarded by the Tribunal shall attract interest at the rate of 6% per annum from the date of petition till the date of payment. The entitlement amongst the claimants and liability amongst the respondents shall be in the same manner as provided by the Tribunal. The appeal is allowed to the above extent. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE January 27, 2011 archana