FAO No.1102 of 1989 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.1102 of 1989 DATE OF DECISION: February 16, 2011 MOHINI DEVI & OTHERS ...APPELLANTS VERSUS SATBIR 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: NONE. K.KANNAN, J.(ORAL) 1. The appeal is for enhancement of claim for compensation for death of a Police Constable who aged 38 years with the Haryana State Police. The claimants were wife, 4 minor children and aged parents. He was said to be earning `1325/-. The Tribunal took the contribution to the family at `1000/-, adopted a multiplier of 16 and granted compensation of `1,92,000/-. 2. There is no representation for the appellant at the time when the matter was called. The case is of the year 1988 and since the scales of compensation for death of a person in a motor accident are reasonably well settled through decision of Hon'ble Supreme Court, I hasten to apply the yardstick as found in Sarla Verma vs. DTC, reported as 2009 6 SCC 121 and proceed to determine the compensation, making a provision of 50% increase and deducting 1/5th having regard to the large family of the FAO No.1102 of 1989 -2- deceased of 7 dependents and provide also for conventional heads of claim for loss of consortium to the wife and loss of love and affection for the children. The tabulation is as under:- Fatal Accidents Age: 38 Occupation Police Constable, Haryana State Claimants Wife, 4 children, parents Heads of Claim Tribunal High Court Sr.No. Amount ` Amount ` 1. Annual Income 1325 1325 2. Add % of increase 50% 1987.50 3. Deduction (1/2,1/3, 1/4, 1/5) 325 1/5 4. Multiplicand - Tax 1000 x 12 1590 x 12 5. Multiplier 16 15 6. Loss of Dependence 2,86,200 7. Medical Expenses 8. Loss of Consortium 15,000 9. Loss to Estate 2500 10. Funeral Expenses 2000 Total 1,92,000/- 3,05,700/- 3. The amount in excess over what has been determined by the Tribunal shall attract interest @ 6% from the date of petition till the date of payment. The additional amount of compensation shall be distributed equally between the wife and children only. 4. The liability shall be in the same manner as determined by the Tribunal. 5. The appeal is allowed to the above extent. 6. The Registry is directed to send a copy of this order directly to the parties. February 16, 2011 (K.KANNAN) Gulati JUDGE