IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.1661 of 2010 Date of decision:12.07.2010 Chhinder Singh ....Appellant versus Raj Kumar ...Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: Ms. Rupinder K. Thind, Advocate, for the appellant. ---- 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) The appeal is by the owner against the claim of compensation by a person who suffered injury in a motor accident. He had suffered amputation of leg below knee and his loss of earning power was assessed at 70%. The claimant gave evidence to the effect that he was making his living as a milk vendor and stated that he was earning Rs.9,000/- per month. The Tribunal took the income to be Rs.3,000/- in the absence of any other evidence and worked out the loss to be Rs.2100 x 70% and adopted a multiplier of 16 for a person, who was aged 30 years. The medical bills that he had filed was of Rs.41,403/- although he had claimed that he had spent over Rs.2 lakhs. The Tribunal also awarded payment of Rs.25,000/- towards pain and suffering. The amount FAO No.1661 of 2010 - 2 - of Rs.4,69,603/- so arrived at is modest under the circumstances and I am of the view that the Tribunal had assessed the compensation correctly. There is no scope for an appeal at the instance of the owner of the vehicle who caused the accident. The appeal is dismissed. (K.KANNAN) JUDGE 12.07.2010 sanjeev