FAO No.3296 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.3296 of 2010 Date of decision: 27.9.2011 Jaspreet Kaur and another ...Appellant(s) Versus Gurcharan Singh and another ...Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA CHAUHAN Present: Mr.Deepali S.Pabla, Advocate for the appellants. Mr.J.S.Saneta, Advocate, for respondent No.1. Mr.Ravinder Arora, Advocate, for respondent No.2. -.- JITENDRA CHAUHAN, J. CM No.15393 of 2010 No reply to the application for condonation of delay has been filed. For the reasons mentioned in the application, the same is allowed. The delay of 57 days in filing the present appeal is condoned. Main case The appellants, being legal heirs of the deceased, through the present appeal are seeking enhancement of the compensation awarded by the learned Tribunal, vide award dated 6.11.2009, on account of death of Paramjit Singh, in a motor vehicular accident, which took place on 11.1.2008. FAO No.3296 of 2010 2 Learned counsel for the appellants submits that the multiplier of 11 applied by the learned Tribunal is against the law laid down by Hon'ble the Supreme Court rendered in Smt. Sarla Verma and others Vs. Delhi Transport Corporation and another, 2009(3) RCR (Civil) 77. On the other hand, learned counsel for the Insurance Company submits that the multiplier applied is on the higher side. I have heard the learned counsel for the parties and perused the case file. From the perusal of case file, at the time of accident, the deceased was 45 years of age, which is evident from the post-mortem report. However, the learned counsel for the appellant controverted the finding on this aspect and submits that except the post-mortem report, there is nothing on record to suggest that at the time of accident, the deceased was of 45 years. In the fact situation, this Court is of the view that the age recorded in the post-mortem report of the deceased by the doctor, who is a qualified person is per se admissible on record. The learned Tribunal applied the multiplier of 11, whereas it should be 14 keeping in view the norms laid down by Hon'ble the Supreme Court in Sarla Verma's case as the age of the deceased falls in the age group of 41-45. Accordingly, the multiplier of 11 is enhanced to 14. After applying the enhanced multiplier i.e. 14, the enhanced compensation comes to `1,44,000/- (6,72,000- 5,28,000/-). The amount awarded under the conventional heads is just and reasonable and therefore, no interference is called for. The enhanced amount of `1,44,000/- shall be paid, in the manner indicated in the impugned award, within 45 days from the date of FAO No.3296 of 2010 3 receipt of a certified copy of this order, failing which, the same shall carry interest @7.5% per annum from the date of filing the present appeal till it is paid. In view of above, the present appeal is partly allowed with the modification indicated above. 27.09.2011 (JITENDRA CHAUHAN) mks JUDGE