IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.277 of 1989 (O&M) Date of decision:01.02.2011 Feeraht Begum ....Appellant versus Chander Bhan and others. ....Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: None. ---- 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest ? ---- K.Kannan, J. (Oral) 1. The claimant was a young widow of 21 years. The appeal is at the instance of a young widow, who was seeking for compensation of an equally young person stated to be studying in 12th standard. It seems like a child marriage between parties, who were Muslims. Before the Tribunal, the claimant had given evidence that the deceased was looking after agricultural land besides selling milk with six buffaloes and he used to give Rs.3,000/- for household expenses. He was riding on his motorcycle when the accident had taken place and even the motorcycle was said to have been totally damaged. He had been married only six months prior to the accident. I would take the income of the deceased as Rs.3,000/- as stated by the wife and take the contribution to her at FAO No.277 of 1989 (O&M) - 2 - Rs.2,000/- and adopt a multiplier of 18 and hold the loss of dependency at Rs.4,32,000/-. I will provide Rs.18,000/- towards conventional heads of claim like, loss to estate, funeral expenses, to find the claim at Rs.4,50,000/-. The liability shall be on the second respondent namely, the Rajasthan Road Transport Corporation, which was the owner of the bus and which had been involved in the accident. Having regard to the fact that the Corporation is a distinct body, I am not making the State Government also responsible for the claim. 2. The amount in excess over what has been awarded by the Tribunal already shall attract interest at 6% from the date of petition till date of payment. 3. The appeal is allowed to the above terms. 4. Since there is no representation for the appellant, the copy of the award shall be dispatched to the party directly by the Registry at the address given in the memo of parties. (K.KANNAN) JUDGE 01.02.2011 sanjeev