IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.1756 of 1998 (O&M) Date of decision:08.11.2010 Smt. Reshma ....Appellant versus Wazir Singh and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: Ms. Manisha Setia, Advocate, for Mr. Ashit Malik, Advocate, for the appellant. Mr. Kunal Garg, AAG, Haryana. ---- 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 by the claimant seeking for enhancement of compensation for death of a person, who was 65 years of age. He was an agricultural labourer and the Tribunal took the income of Rs.15,000/- in the absence of documentary proof as provided under Schedule-II, provided for a deduction of 1/3rd for personal expenses and applied a multiplier of 5. The claimant was the widow and the Tribunal therefore provided for Rs.5,000/- for loss of consortium and added Rs.2,500/- for funeral expenses. The only lapse which I can notice from the Tribunal's award is that it did not provide for loss to estate which could have been FAO No.1756 of 1998 (O&M) - 2 - at Rs.2,500/-. If compensation were to have been awarded as per Schedule-II, even the funeral expenses would have been only Rs.2,000/- and not Rs.2,500/-. I find no scope for interference except to provide for a nominal increase of Rs.2,500/- over what has been determined by the Tribunal already and that will attract interest at 6% from the date of petition till date of payment. The award is modified marginally to the above extent and the appeal is allowed. (K.KANNAN) JUDGE 08.11.2010 sanjeev