FAO No.5584 of 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.5584 of 2009 Date of Decision : 22.07.2011 Sukhwinder Kaur and others .......Appellants Versus Kuljinder Singh and others .......Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA CHAUHAN Present: Mr. Ashok Giri, Advocate, for the appellants. Mr. Gurinder Pal Singh, Advocate, for respondent Nos.1 and 2. Mr. Suvir Dewan, Advocate, for respondent No.3. **** JITENDRA CHAUHAN, J. (ORAL) The appellants have come in appeal impugning the Award dated 20.08.2009, passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, SAS Nagar (Mohali), (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Tribunal’), seeking modification/enhancement in the amount of compensation. I have heard the learned counsel for the parties and gone through the impugned award. A perusal of the impugned award would show that the deceased, Jasbir Singh, was aged about 33 years, at the time of his 1 FAO No.5584 of 2009 death. The claimants, being wife, minor children and aged parents, were dependent upon the deceased. The learned Tribunal has applied the multiplier of 14, which in the opinion of this Court, is on the lower side. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the present case and the law laid down by Hon’ble the Apex Court in Sarla Verma Vs DTC, (2009) 6 SCC 121, the multiplier applied is increased from 14 to 16 and the cut instead of one-third, shall be one- fourth. The compensation shall be calculated afresh by the learned Tribunal at the time of execution of the award. Accordingly, the present appeal is partly allowed and the award of the learned Tribunal is modified to the extent indicated above. ( JITENDRA CHAUHAN ) 22.07.2011 JUDGE atulsethi Note: Whether to be referred to reporter ? Yes/No 2