FAO NO.6402 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO NO.6402 of 2010 Date of decision:12.10.2011 Jasvir Kaur and others ...Appellant(s) Versus Chand Singh and another ...Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE JITENDRA CHAUHAN Present: Mr.Vivek Suri, Advocate, for the appellant(s). Mr.Tajinder K. Joshi, Advocate, for the Insurance Company. -.- JITENDRA CHAUHAN, J. The sole argument raised by the learned counsel for the appellant is that the learned Tribunal, while assessing the dependency and applying multiplier, ignored the norms laid down by Hon'ble the Supreme Court in Smt. Sarla Verma and others Vs. Delhi Transport Corporation and Another, 2009(3) RCR (Civil) 77. I have heard the learned counsel for the parties. As per the post-mortem report, Ex.P3, the deceased was 50 years of age at the time of accident. The annual income of the deceased was assessed at Rs.36,000/- per year. The deceased left behind him four dependents including wife, two minor children and old mother. The learned trial Court deducted 1/3rd income of the deceased towards his personal expenses, applied a multiplier of 11 and thus arrived at the compensation of `2,64,000/-. FAO NO.6402 of 2010 2 According to norms laid down by Hon'ble the Supreme Court in Smt. Sarla Verma's case, 1/4th amount should have been deducted towards personal expenses of the deceased and a multiplier of 13 ought to have been applied. Considering the above factual position, it would be appropriate to deduct 1/4th amount towards personal expenses of the deceased from his annual income and to apply the multiplier of 13. Accordingly, the annual income of the deceased after deducting 1/4 amount comes to `27,000/-. Applying the enhanced multiplier of 13, the amount works out to `3,51, 000/. Thus, the enhanced amount comes to `87,000/-(`3,51,000-`2,64,000), which shall be paid to the claimants within 45 days from the date of receipt of the certified copy of this order. If the amount is not deposited within the stipulated period, the appellants shall be entitled to interest @ 7.5% per annum from the date of filing the instant appeal till it is paid. In view of the above, the present appeal is partly allowed and the impugned award is modified to the extent indicated above. 12.10.2011 (JITENDRA CHAUHAN) mk JUDGE