FAO No.156 of 1990 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.156 of 1990 DATE OF DECISION: January 12, 2011 KAMLESH AND OTHERS ...APPELLANTS VERSUS RAJINDER PAL AND OTHERS ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.KANNAN. 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement. No 2. To be referred to the reporters or not? No 3. Whether the judgement should be reported in the digest? No ---- PRESENT: MR. VIKAS SINGH, ADVOCATE FOR THE APPELLANTS. MR. INDERJIT SINGH, ADVOCATE AND MR.PARDEEP BEDI, ADVOCATE FOR THE RESPONDENT-INSURANCE COMPANY. K.KANNAN, J.(ORAL) 1. The appeal is for enhancement of compensation for death of a person who was said to be aged around 45 to 50 years and the claimants were wife and two children. The evidence given by the wife was that her husband was working as Punjabi typist at the District Court premises and was earning about `70/--`120/- per day. There was also evidence of 2-3 lawyers to the effect that they used to pay about `250/--`300/- per month for typing work and the over all evidence was that the deceased was earning about `3000/- per month. With prodigious evidence adduced through lawyers, an estimation of income at `1000/- I find to be inadequate. He was supporting a family with both his children studying in B.A. Classes. The Tribunal held that the lawyers were making exaggerated versions and took FAO No.156 of 1990 -2- the income at `1000/-. I would take the income at `2500/- per month, provide for 1/3rd deduction and take the contribution to the family at 2/3rd of his total income and take the age of the deceased at 50 and provide for a multiplier of 13 to find the loss of dependency at `2,60,000/-. I would add 5000/- towards loss of consortium to the wife and `2500/- for each of the minor children. I would add another `2500/- towards loss to estate and `2000/- towards funeral expenses to arrive at a total amount of `2,74,500/-. 2. The Tribunal has awarded the compensation at `96,000/- and the amount in excess over what has already been awarded by the Tribunal shall attract interest @ 6% from the date of petition till the date of payment. The amount shall be distributed amongst the claimants equally. 3. The appeal is allowed to the above extent. January 12, 2011 (K.KANNAN) Gulati JUDGE