FAO No.2088 of 1998 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.2088 of 1998 DATE OF DECISION: January 18, 2011 KAURJIT SINGH ...APPELLANT VERSUS JARNAIL SINGH & OTHERS ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.KANNAN. 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement. 2. To be referred to the reporters or not? No 3. Whether the judgement should be reported in the digest? Yes ---- PRESENT: MR. ASHOK JINDAL, ADVOCATE FOR THE APPELLANT. NONE FOR THE RESPONDENTS. K.KANNAN, J.(ORAL) 1. The appeal is for enhancement of compensation for death of the wife of the claimant. The husband was aged 24 years and the wife was 23 years at the time of her death. She was a housewife and the Tribunal while determining the compensation awarded a lump-sum of `50,000/-. The scales of compensation for a housewife are seen in the context of the value of the domestic services and a Division Bench of this Court held that for a women aged 60 years the value of services would be `3000/-. Having regard to the fact that the case pertains to the year 1997, I would take the value of services at `2500/- and take the contribution to the husband at 2/3rd of the same and adopt the multiplier of 18 and take the loss of dependency at `3,60,000/-. I would add `5000/- towards loss of consortium for the husband and make a further provision of `5000/- towards loss to estate and funeral expenses. The total amount of compensation payable will be FAO No.2088 of 1998 -2- `3,70,000/-. The amount in excess over what has already been awarded by the Tribunal shall attract interest @ 6% from the date of petition till the date of payment. The liability shall be in the same manner as determined by the Tribunal. 2. The appeal is allowed to the above extent. January 18, 2011 (K.KANNAN) Gulati JUDGE