IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Cross Objection No.52-CII-2001 FAO No. 1699 of 1992 Date of decision February 2 , 2011 Union of India and another ....... Appellants Versus Smt. Anguri Devi and others ........Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:- Mr. Nitin Jain , Advocate for Mr. C. B. Goel, Advocate for the appellant. Mr. Sameer Sachdeva, Advocate for the Cross objector. Mr. Karminder Singh, Advocate for UOI. **** 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 compensation of `1,50,000/- for death of a person of 23 years of age. He was a barber by profession. The evidence was that he was earning about `70/- per day, the Tribunal assessed the income at `45/- and took the contribution at `25/- per day and awarded a compensation to his widow and four minor children a modest sum of `1,50,000/-. The deceased was a pillion rider in a scooter and death occurred when the military truck belonging to the Union dashed against the scooterist. The Tribunal had found while discussing the issue of negligence that at that place of accident the bus had stopped and passengers were getting down and even before all the passengers had got down, instead of stopping the truck and letting the passengers also to have moved from that place, the driver of the truck had been negligent in proceeding and dashing against the scooter on a road which was nearly 23' broad. For finding of negligence under such circumstances was properly considered and I would not find any reason to interfere. 2. There is a cross objection for enhancement of compensation. I will take the income as stated by the wife and assess the monthly income at `2250/-. I will deduct 1/4th of the income towards personal expenses and take the contribution at `1687.50. Applying a multiplier of 18, the loss of dependency would be `3,64,500/-. Towards loss of consortium and loss of love and affection `15,000/- shall be added and a further sum of `5,000/- shall be provided for loss to estate and funeral expenses. The total compensation shall be `3,84,500/-. The amount over what has been already awarded by the Tribunal shall carry interest at the rate of 6% per annum from the date of petition till the date of payment. The additional amount shall be distributed equally among wife and the children only. 3. The Cross objection is allowed on the above terms. The appeal is dismissed. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE February 2 , 2011 archana