IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.20 of 1989 (O&M) Date of decision: 14.03.2011 Om Parkash Sharma ....Appellant versus Sultan Singh and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: Mr. D.N.Ganeriwala, Advocate, for the appellant. None for the respondents. ---- 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 against the award of compensation of Rs.25,000/- for death of a boy, aged 18 years. The claimants were parents aged 60 and 55. The Tribunal had awarded Rs.25,000/- as compensation. The connected case at the instance of the claimant in FAO No.1170 of 1988 has been allowed by this Court on 07.08.2006 enhancing the compensation from Rs.25,000/- to Rs.50,000/-. 2. The contention of the learned counsel for the appellant was that the deceased was one of the 7 sons and among the sons, one was in the army, another was in a bank and yet another was in the medical department. The attempt was, therefore, to say that there was no FAO No.20 of 1989 (O&M) - 2 - dependency of the father on the son. The award of compensation of Rs.25,000/- is too modest for a reappraisal in appeal and, therefore, I will not undertake such an exercise. The appeal is dismissed. (K.KANNAN) JUDGE 14.03.2011 sanjeev