FAO No.1428 of 2011 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.1428 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision. 31.05.2011 Smt. Kavita Devi widow of late Shri Sanjay Kumar and others ......Appellants Versus Kanwar Singh son of Shri Sanwat Singh and others .....Respondents Present: Mr. J.P. Sharma, Advocate for the appellants. CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN 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. Delay in filing the appeal is condoned. 2. The appeal is for enhancement of claim for compensation for death of a male said to be aged 25 years. The Tribunal had taken the income to be Rs.3600/- and after providing for 1/4th deduction, adopted a multiplier of 17. Learned counsel states that the appropriate multiplier as per the decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Sarla Verma Vs. DTC 2009(6) SCC 121 must be 18, for the postmortem report reveals the age to be 25 years only. The 1st claimant widow had described her age 25 years and in this situation, the Tribunal had taken the age of the husband to be relatively higher as per the Indian social practice and adopted a multiplier of 17. I will not find any reason to alter the multiplier adopted by the Tribunal or take the age to be 25 years or less than 25 years. The assessment of compensation conforms FAO No.1428 of 2011 (O&M) -2- to the scales of compensation as laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Sarla Verma's Case (supra) and no intervention is called for. 3. The award is confirmed and the appeal is dismissed. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE May 31, 2011 Pankaj*