FAO No.1669 of 1999 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.1669 of 1999 Date of Decision. 11.10.2010 Usha Rani wd/o Onkar Singh and others ......Appellants Versus M/s Kansal Hosiery Exports c/o Bhupinder Pal Singh and others ....Respondents Present: Mr. Sudhir Puruthi, Advocate for the appellants. None for respondent Nos.1 to 3. Mr. Inderjit Sharma, Advocate for Mr. Pradeep Bedi, Advocate for the insurance company. CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN 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) 1. The claim is for enhancement of compensation for death occurred due to a motor accident. The claimants were the widow and three minor children and the mother of the deceased. He was said to be an electrician. The Tribunal took his income to be Rs.2500/-, adopted a 1/3rd deduction and applied a multiplier of 16 for a person, who was aged 34 years. The modification, which the learned counsel appearing for the claimants would urge is that for a family, which was large, the deduction for personal expenses ought not to have been 1/3rd but should have been 1/4th. I accede to the claim and would take the extent of monthly income to be Rs.1875. I FAO No.1669 of 1999 -2- would adopt the same multiplier as taken by the Tribunal and take the loss of dependence at Rs.3,60,000/-. I would add Rs.5000/- towards loss of consortium for wife and Rs.5,000/- for each one of the minor children and another Rs.5000/- for loss to estate and funeral expenses. The amount on the whole shall be Rs.3,85,000/-. The Tribunal has awarded a compensation of Rs.3,07,200/-. The amount in excess of what was already awarded by the Tribunal shall attract interest @6% from the date of the petition till the date of payment. 2. The appeal is allowed to the above extent. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE October 11, 2010 Pankaj*