FAO No. 375 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH FAO No. 375 of 2011 Date of decision April 18, 2011 Smt. Darshan Kaur and others ....... Appellants Versus Rajesh Kumar and another ........Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:- Mr. Ashit Malik , Advocate for the appellants. **** 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 appeal is for enhancement of claim for compensation for death of a male aged 40 years. The Tribunal took the income at `4,200/- per month on the basis of the evidence which was available, made a deduction of 1/4th and applied a multiplier of 15. Learned counsel would state that the deceased was not more than 40 years. Post mortem report had shown that the age was only 40 years and the Tribunal took note of the fact that wife of the deceased was described as 40 years, therefore took that under the normal circumstances, the husband must have been over the age of 40 years to determine the multiplier of 15. It applied the formula suggested by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Sarla Verma Vs.Delhi Road Transport Corporation reported in (2009) 6 SC 121 and assessed `5,67,000/- and also provided for conventional heads of FAO No. 375 of 2011 2 claim to assess the overall compensation at `5,85,000/-. I do not find any error in the approach adopted by the Tribunal. 2. The award is confirmed and the appeal is dismissed. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE April 18 , 2011 archana