F.A.O.NO. 426 OF 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH F.A.O.NO. 426 OF 2009 Date of decision:22nd December, 2010 Ramesh Kumar and others .......Appellants Versus Amrit Lal Gupta and others ........Respondents BEFORE: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.KANNAN Present: None for the appellants. Ms. Vandana Malhotra, Advocate, for the Insurance Company. 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes/No 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not?Yes/No 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Yes/No K.Kannan, J.(Oral) 1. Learned counsel for the Insurance Company states that there has been no representation for the appellant from the last so many hearings and notices have been issued by Lok Adalat also but no one has put in appearance for 16 times. Since the scales of compensation for death are reasonably ascertained in the light of the decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court, I hasten to dispose of the case even in the absence of the appellant's counsel. 2. The appeal is against the award seeking for enhancement of claim for compensation. The claimants were the husband and the F.A.O.NO. 426 OF 2009 2 two minor children of the deceased wife of the first claimant. She was 40 years old. It was stated that she used to earn Rs. 3000/- per month and the same was also taken by the Tribunal as her income. The Tribunal deducted 1/3rd towards personal expenses, determined the annual dependency of Rs 24,000/- and adopted a multiplier of 16 and loss of dependency comes out to be Rs. 3,84,000/-. The Tribunal also awarded an additional amount of Rs. 10,000/- as funeral expenses and Rs. 5,000/- towards loss of consortium which have been properly considered. Thus, total amount of compensation comes out at Rs. 3,99,000/- and the award has been passed after due appreciation of materials available and there is no scope for enhancement. 3. In view of the above, the appeal is dismissed. [K.KANNAN] JUDGE 22nd December, 2010 Shivani Kaushik