FAO No.1202 of 1987 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.1202 of 1987 DATE OF DECISION: January 6, 2011 SANTOSH ...APPELLANT VERSUS HAWA SINGH AND OTHERS ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.KANNAN. 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement. No 2. To be referred to the reporters or not? No 3. Whether the judgement should be reported in the digest? No ---- PRESENT: MR. HARISH NAIN, ADVOCATE FOR THE APPELLANT. MR. TEJINDER PAL SINGH, ADVOCATE FOR THE RESPONDENTS. K.KANNAN, J.(ORAL) The appeal is for enhancement of compensation for the death of a man who was aged 24 years, who left behind a widow. The Tribunal had awarded 64,800/- as compensation. Before the Tribunal the evidence was that the deceased was earning `15/- to `20/- per day. The Tribunal assessed the income as `20/- per day, made a deduction of 150/- and took the contribution to the wife as `450/-. The Court further made deduction of `150/- as additional expenses that he may have incurred. I would take `450/- as contribution to the wife and adopt a multiplier of 18 and hold `97,200/- as loss of dependency. I would provide at `5000/- for loss of consortium, `2500/- towards loss of estate and `2000/- towards funeral expenses and take the compensation payable at `1,06,700/-. FAO No.1202 of 1987 -2- Learned counsel appearing for the respondent points out that the claim itself was only for a lac of rupees. There are enough authorities to hold that the Court's powers are not filtered by having to peg down the compensation only to the amount claimed. For the only reason of retaining the case for 23 years for determining the compensation for a man who died at 24 years, the claimant had to be awarded even more. I cannot, however, inflict the fallibilities of our own system on parties and will make no further addition that what is provided above. The additional amount of compensation will also bear interest @ 6% from the date of petition till the date of payment. The appeal is allowed to the above extent. January 6, 2011 (K.KANNAN) Gulati JUDGE