In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh F.A.O. No. 805 of 2008 Date of decision: September 02, 2009 Geeta Devi and others .. Appellants Vs. Balwant and others .. Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.N. Jindal Present: Mr. S.K. Verma, Advocate for the appellants. Ms. Nupur Singh, Advocate for Mr. Ashwani Talwar, Advocate for the respondent No.2. Mr. D.P. Gupta, Advocate for the respondent No.4. A.N. Jindal, J This appeal for enhancement is directed against the award dated 3.11.2007 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Jind, whereby compensation to the tune of Rs.3,70,000/- has been awarded in favour of the appellants-claimants (herein referred as 'the claimants”). Learned counsel has submitted that nothing has been awarded by the Tribunal towards transportation, loss of consortium and funeral expenses. He has further urged that the deceased was 24 years old at the time of accident and the Tribunal has applied the multiplier of 15 only. Having examined the impugned award, it transpires that the Tribunal has fallen in error while applying the multiplier of 15 on account of the death of Rajbir Singh, aged about 24 years, whereas, it should have been 18 as per the guidelines issued by the Apex Court in case Sarla Verma and others vs. Delhi Transport Corporation and another, 2009 (3) RCR (Civil) 77. The income of the deceased has been assessed by the Tribunal at Rs.3000/- per month and after deducting 1/3rd towards self dependency, the actually dependency towards claimants comes to Rs.2000/- per month i.e. Rs.24,000/- per annum, and after applying the multiplier of 18, the compensation amount comes to Rs.4,32,000/-. In addition to it, the claimants would also be entitled to receive compensation on the following heads:- F.A.O. No. 805 of 2008 -2- *** Transportation charges Rs.5000/- Funeral expenses Rs.5000/- Loss of consortium Rs.10000/- Total Rs.20000/- However, a sum of Rs.10,000/- as awarded by the Tribunal on account of expenses on last rites and loss of estate shall remain intact. In view of the above, appeal is partly allowed. Now the claimants would be entitled to receive compensation to the tune of Rs.82,000/- over and above the award amount along with interest @ 7.5% per annum from the date of filing of the claim petition till actual realization. September 02, 2009 (A.N. Jindal) deepak Judge