F.A.O.NO. OF 2532 of 1998 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Cross Objection No.67-CII of 2001 F.A.O.NO. OF 2532 of 1998(O&M) Date of decision: 7th July, 2010 M/s The New India Assurance Co. Ltd. .......Appellant Versus Savinder Kaur and others ........Respondents BEFORE: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.KANNAN Present: Mr. Raj Kumar Bishamboo, Advocate, for the appellant. Mr. Munish Gupta, Advocate, for Mr. P.K.Gupta, Advocate, for the respondents. 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes/No 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not?Yes/No 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Yes/No K.Kannan, J.(Oral) 1. The appeal is filed by the Insurance Company challenging the quantum of compensation awarded in favour of the claimants. There has been no permission taken under Section 170 of the Motor Vehicles Act(hereinafter referred to as the 'Act') and the Insurance Company is not competent to maintain the appeal. The appeal therefore, dismissed. 2. There is cross objection by the claimants for enhancement of compensation. The deceased was 42 years of age and was a police officer. Making provision for the fact that he F.A.O.NO. OF 2532 of 1998 2 has a earning of Rs. 6,472/- p.m. and contributed towards the claimants the widow and three children, the Tribunal had provided for Rs. 5,500/-p.m as the extent of dependence and adopted a multiplier of 14 to arrive at the compensation amount of Rs. 9,24,000/-. The choice of the multiplicand and the multiplier are appropriate for the status and the age of the deceased and I do not find any reason to interfere with the award of the Tribunal. Therefore, the present appeal and the cross objection are dismissed. [K.KANNAN] JUDGE 7th July, 2010 Shivani Kaushik