IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH FAO No. 2824 of 1996 Date of decision March 8, 2011 Smt. Meena Maheshwari and others ....... Appellants Versus Tarsem Lal and others ........Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:- Mr. IPS Doabia, Advocate for the appellant. None for respondent Nos. 1 and 2. Mr. Ravinder Arora, Advocate for respondent No.3. **** 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 for death of a Manager in a private Company. His income had been assessed at `1,45,376/- He had paid tax of `24,000/-. The claimants were widow, two minor children and parents. The Tribunal deducted the premium paid for insurance and compulsory deductions and took the contribution to the family at `60,000/-. The total compensation awarded was `6,00,000/-. 2. Learned counsel seeks for reappraisal of compensation in the light of the law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Sarla Verma Vs.Delhi Road Transport Corporation reported in (2009) 6 SC 121 and states that as regards the income it should have only the income as stated in the income tax return for `1,44,376/- and several deductions made by the Tribunal ought not to have been applied. I will assess the compensation as tabulated below:- Age 44 Occupation Claimants Widow, 2 daughters, parents S.No. Heads of Claim Tribunal High Court 1 Income `1,20,000/- `1,20,000/- 2 Deduction ½ 1/4th 3 Multiplicand `60,000/- `90,153/- 4 Multiplier 10 14 5 Loss of dependency `12,62,142/- 6 Loss of consortium and love and affection `10,000/- 7 Loss to estate `5,000/- 8 Funeral expenses `6,000/- Total `6,00,000/- `14,90,999/- The amount in excess of what has been awarded by the Tribunal shall carry interest at the rate of 6% per annum from the date of petition till the date of payment. The additional amount of compensation shall be distributed between the widow and sons only in equal shares. The liability shall be in the same manner as determined by the Tribunal. The appeal is allowed to the above extent. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE March 8, 2011 archana