FAO No.52 of 2012(O&M) [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.52 of 2012(O&M) Date of Decision: 13.09.2012 Mrs. Rajni Rani aged about 23 years Wife of Late Sh. Lilu @ Tarsain and Daughter of Sh. Balbir Singh, resident of Village Jyotishar, District Kurukshetra and others. ... Appellants Versus Ram Singh S/o Jagdish, Cate Rajpoot, R/o Village Jahaj, P.S. Udaypur Body, District Junjunu (Rajasthan) and others. ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:Mr. J.S. Saini, Advocate for the appellants. None for respondents 1 and 2. Mr. D.R. Bansal, Advocate, for respondent 3/insurance company. ***** 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 compensation at the instance of the family of the deceased comprising of the widow, minor children and aged parents. The Tribunal while assessing the compensation took the income at `4,000/- per month, made a deduction of 1/4th and applied a multiplier of 17. The learned counsel appearing on behalf of the appellants contends that the choice of multiplier must have been 18 instead of 17 FAO No.52 of 2012(O&M) [2] and also points out a lapse that the Court has not awarded the conventional heads of claim such as loss of consortium and loss to estate. 2. I would take the income as determined by the Tribunal and take the contribution to the family at `3,000/- per month. Applying a multiplier of 18, the loss of dependency must have been taken as `6,48,000/-. To this amount should be added `10,000/- for loss of consortium to the wife and `5,000/- each for each one of the minor children. I will provide for an additional sum of `5,000/- towards loss to estate and `5,000/- for funeral expenses. The total compensation payable will be `6,78,000/-. The amount in excess what has been awarded by the Tribunal shall attract interest @ 6% per annum from the date of petition till the date of payment. The apportionment and the liability shall be in the same manner as determined by the Tribunal. 3. The awards stands modified and the appeal is allowed to the above extent. 13th September, 2012 ( K. KANNAN ) Rajan JUDGE