FAO No. 264 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH FAO No. 264 of 2011 Date of decision April 6, 2011 Sube Singh and another ....... Appellants Versus Harikesh and others ........Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:- Mr. Anil Kumar Jain, Advocate for the appellant. **** 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ?No 2. To be referred to the reporters or not? No 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest?No K. Kannan, J (oral). 1. The appeal is for enhancement of claim for compensation assessed at `2,50,000/- for death of son of the claimants who was 15 years of age and a student in a School. The assessment of compensation for death of a child is some what conjectural and it has to depend on reasonable expectations of the parents of what the child would earn when he would become a major. The Tribunal relied on decisions of some Courts in Sesspa Poojary and others Vs. P. K. Karunakara and another 2009 ACJ 2516 and Parmod Sharma(DR) and others Vs. Gurpreet Singh and others 2006 (3) ACC 508 to say that `2,50,000/- compensation would be appropriate compensation. Learned counsel states that the Tribunal has not made any provision for love and affection, FAO No. 264 of 2011 2 funeral expenses etc. The Tribunal has not separately considered each one of the heads and if compensation were to be taken in the manner set forth in Schedule-II, the notional income at `15,000/- and multiplier of 15 should have been adopted and even if an additional amount of `50,000/- were to be given as special damages and conventional heads of claim as provided in Schedule-II, the over all compensation cannot be more than `2,50,000/-. I do not find any error in the award. The award is confirmed and the appeal is dismissed. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE April 6, 2011 archana