FAO No.3968 of 2002 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.3968 of 2002 Date of Decision. 14.10.2010 National Insurance Company Ltd., SCO No.337-340, Sector 35-B, Chandigarh through its Regional Manager ......Appellant Versus Bhupinder Singh son of late Sh. Joginder Singh aged 28 years and others ......Respondents Present: Mr. L.M. Suri, Senior Advocate with Mr. Neeraj Khanna, Advocate for the appellant. None for the respondents. 2. FAO No.2831 of 2002 Bhupinder Singh son of Late Sh. Joginder Singh and another ......Appellants Versus Dibakar Dutt son of Sh. Shiv Nand and others ......Respondents Present: None for the appellant. Mr. L.M. Suri, Senior Advocate with Mr. Neeraj Khanna, Advocate for the insurance company. CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN 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. Both these appeals arise out of the common set of facts in relation to the same accident. The appeal by the insurance company FAO No.3968 of 2002 -2- is on the issue of quantum and the appeal by the claimant is for enhancement. The claim was made at the instance of the two major sons, aged 28 and 26 at the time of the petition filed, for the death of their father, who was aged 59 years. He was a supervisor in a public sector undertaking drawing a salary of Rs.11426/-. The Tribunal took extent of dependence of the sons at Rs.80,000/-, adopted a multiplier of 6 and provided for a compensation of Rs.4,90,000/- after adding Rs.10,000/- for funeral expenses. The amount of compensation determined by the Tribunal is already in excess of what is otherwise the law provides for. However, I do not want to slice down the same since the insurance company did not have the benefit of Section 170 of the Motor Vehicles Act. There is no scope for enhancement. 2. The appeal in FAO No.3968 of 2002 filed by the insurance company and the appeal in FAO No.2831 of 2002 filed by the claimants for enhancement are dismissed. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE October 14, 2010 Pankaj*