FAO No. 532 of 1990 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH FAO No. 532 of 1990 Date of decision March 10, 2011 Maya Devi ....... Appellant Versus Sukhbir Singh and others ........Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:- Mr. M. L. Saini, Advocate for the appellant. Mr. D.P. Gupta, Advocate for the Insurance Company-respondent No.3. None for respondent Nos. 1 and 2. **** 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest? K. Kannan, J (oral). 1. The appeal is for enhancement of compensation for death of a person aged 20-25 years. The claimants were widow, children and father. He was a student in a College for graduate course and there was evidence to the effect that he was earning about `400/- per month. The Tribunal took the contribution at `250/- per month adopted a multiplier of 16 and granted compensation of `50,000/-. There is no representation on behalf of the appellant and I proceed to dispose of the case on the basis of the record and with the assistance of the counsel for the Insurance Company. 2. Since he was studying in a graduate course and he had also married even when he was a student, I would take an expectation what he could have earned after he became a graduate as a FAO No. 532 of 1990 2 basis and take the income to be `1500/-. I proceed to determine the compensation applying a multiplier of 18 and tabulate the same as follows:- Age 24 Occupation Student/agriculture labourer Claimants Widow, children, father S.No. Heads of Claim Tribunal High Court 1 Income `400 `1500/- 2 % of increase 3 Deduction `150 1/3rd 4 Multiplicand 250 x 12 `12000/- 5 Multiplier 16 18 6 Loss of dependency `2,16,000/- 7 Loss of consortium `7,500/- 8 Loss to estate `2500 9 Funeral expenses `2000/- `2000/- Total `50,000/- `2,28,000/- The amount in excess of what has been awarded by the Tribunal shall carry interest at the rate of 6% per annum from the date of petition till the date of payment. While determining the compensation the Insurance Company was made liable only to the extent of `50,000/- taking limit of liability. Since the vehicle involved in the accident was a passenger bus and I retain the same and the additional amount which has been determined shall be recoverable by the claimant against the owner and driver of the bus arrayed as respondent Nos.1 and 2. The appeal is allowed to the above extent. 3. Registry is directed to despatch copy of the order to the first appellant directly at the address given in the Memo of Parties. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE March 10 , 2011 archana