FAO No. 82 of 1999 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH FAO No. 82 of 1999 Date of decision March 25 , 2011 Dhan Singh and another ....... Appellants Versus Satpal and another ........Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:- Mr. P. S. Rana, Advocate for the appellants. Mr. Ashit Malik, Advocate for respondent No.1. Mr. Paul S Saini, Advocate for respondent No.2. **** 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ?No 2. To be referred to the reporters or not? No 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest?No K. Kannan, J (oral). 1. The appeal is for enhancement of claim for compensation for death of a male aged 20 years where the claimants were parents. He was said to be an agricultural labourer and earning 1500/-. The Tribunal took the dependency at `800/- and adopted a multiplier of 12 where the parents were aged 50 years and 45 years respectively. Learned counsel states that there are other claimants one younger brother and one sister and the dependency must have been taken large than what was provided. I will not take this to be a ground for increasing the dependency, though I will accommodate claim of the appellants by applying the formula as prescribed under Schedule II of Motor Vehicles Act as more beneficial to the claimants in a case where the deceased was in a low income group FAO No. 82 of 1999 2 and the income was taken to be a mere `18,000/- per year. I will make a 1/3rd deduction and taken the dependency at `1,000/- adopt a multiplier of 16 as provided in Schedule-II. The loss of dependency at `1,92,000/- . I will add 8000/- towards conventional heads of claim to round off the claim at `2,00,000/-. The amount in excess of what has been awarded by the Tribunal shall carry interest at the rate of 6% per annum from the date of petition till the date of payment. The liability shall be in the same manner as determined by the Tribunal. The award is modified and the appeal is allowed to the above extent. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE March 25 , 2011 archana