In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh F.A.O. No. 2715 of 2000 Date of decision: August 26, 2009 Gurnam Kaur .. Appellants Vs. Satish Kumar and others .. Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.N. Jindal Present: Mr. H.S. Gill, Sr. Advocate with Mr. R.K. Dhiman, Advocate for the appellants. Mr. Rahul Sharma, Advocate for Mr. Ashwani Talwar, Advocate for the respondent No.3. Mr. M.K. Bhatnagar, Advocate/ A.N. Jindal, J This appeal for enhancement is directed against the award dated 11.3.2000 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Chandigarh whereby the claimants being the parents were awarded a sum of Rs.42,000/- on account of compensation being the half of total amount of Rs.84,000/-, as the Tribunal had assessed the contributory negligence. The only grouse of the appellants is that the compensation awarded is not adequate. As regards the age, as per school leaving certificate, the date of birth of Harvinder Singh deceased is 15.3.1975 and the accident took place on 1.1.1997, therefore, certainly he was 22 years old at the time of death and the claimants are also in fourties. In case of unmarried son, as per the law laid down by the Supreme Court in case Sarla Verma and others vs. Delhi Transport and another 2009 (3) RCR (Civil) 77, the deduction towards his own dependency should be ½ . Similar observations have been made the Apex Court in case Sayed Basheer Ahmed and Ors. vs. Mohd. Jameel and Anr. JT 2009 (1) SC 296. The Tribunal assessed the income of the deceased as Rs.2000/- per month, therefore, it should have assessed his dependency at Rs.1000/- per month, but the Tribunal fell in error while holding his own dependency as Rs.1500/- per month and contributing towards his parents as Rs.500/- per month only. I do not agree with these observations made by the Tribunal, F.A.O. No. 2715 of 2000 -2- *** Thus while holding the dependency of the parents to the tune of Rs.1000/- per month and applying the multiplier of 18, the total amount comes to Rs.2,16,000/-. The Tribunal has also awarded a sum of Rs.4500/- on the other heads which I do not want to disturb. The findings returned by the Tribunal that there was contributory negligence also are left intact. As such, the claimants are entitled to receive compensation to the tune of Rs.1,12,500/- (i.e. Rs.1,08,000/- as compensation + Rs.4500/- on other heads) along with interest at the same rate as awarded by the Tribunal from the date of filing of the claim petition till realization on the enhanced amount. August 26, 2009 (A.N. Jindal) deepak Judge