In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh FAO No. 650 of 2003 Date of decision:18.12.2008 Baldev Singh etc. ......Appellants Versus Harnek Singh etc. .......Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Mr. S.S.Virk, Advocate, for the appellants. Mr.N.K.Khosla, Advocate, for New India Insurance Company. **** JUDGMENT SABINA, J. This is an appeal against the award dated 16.12.2002 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Kurukshetra (hereinafter referred to as 'the Tribunal'), vide which the claim petition was allowed and a sum of Rs.2,26,000/- was awarded to the claimants as compensation on account of death of Dayal Kaur in the motor vehicle accident. The present appeal has been filed by the claimants seeking enhancement of compensation. Deceased Dayal Kaur was a house wife and was aged 45 years at the time of accident. Learned Tribunal treated the FAO No. 650 of 2003 -2- dependency of the appellants as Rs.1,500/- per month. The said dependency calls for no interference. Learned Tribunal applied a multiplier of '12' as the age of the deceased was 45 years at the time of accident. The said multiplier is on the lower side. The appropriate multiplier in view of the age of the deceased is '15'. The compensation, thus, comes to Rs.1,500 x 12 x 15 = 2,70,000/-. The appellants are further entitled to Rs.10,000/- towards loss of consortium and funeral expenses. Hence, the compensation comes to 2,80,000/-. Accordingly, this appeal is allowed. The compensation awarded to the appellants, vide the impugned award, is enhanced from Rs.2,26,000/- to Rs.2,80,000/-. No order as to costs. (SABINA) JUDGE December 18, 2008 anita