FAO No.110 of 1990 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.110 of 1990 DATE OF DECISION: December 24, 2010 SMT. GURPAL KAUR ...APPELLANT VERSUS HARYANA ROADWAYS AMBALA & OTHERS ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.KANNAN. 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement. Yes/No 2. To be referred to the reporters or not? Yes/No 3. Whether the judgement should be reported in the digest? Yes/No ---- PRESENT: MR. RAJ KUMAR SHARMA, ADVOCATE FOR THE APPELLANT. MR. KUNAL GARG, AAG, HARYANA. K.KANNAN, J.(ORAL) The case in appeal is for enhancement of compensation for the death of a child who was aged 8 years. The Tribunal had awarded `20,000/- as compensation. 2. We have come by several judicial dispensations that have given guidelines as to how compensation should be awarded for the death of children where the element of actual dependence does not arise, but the expectation of the parents with particular reference to the social status shall be relevant. In some cases, notional income theory has been applied in view of the subsequent amendment to the Motor Vehicles Act through Schedule II. Instead of going through the arithmetic I would take the decision of Hon'ble Supreme Court in Priya Vasant Kalgutkar vs. Murad Shaikh and others, reported as 2009 155 SC 54 as an indicator for an award of `2 lacs FAO No.110 of 1990 -2- as appropriate. This shall be over and above of what has been granted and this amount of `2 lacs shall be a full quit of the claimants. The amount shall be paid by the respondents within a period of 8 weeks from the receipt of certified copy of this order. If the amount is not paid as such, it will also attract interest from today @ 7.5% per annum from the date of this award. The appeal is allowed to the above extent. December 24, 2010 (K.KANNAN) Gulati JUDGE