FAO No.601 of 1989 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.601 of 1989 DATE OF DECISION: March 8, 2011 SMT. KRISHNA DEVI AND OTHERS ...APPELLANTS VERSUS AMAR KUMAR AND OTHERS ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.KANNAN. 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement? No 2. To be referred to the reporters or not? No 3. Whether the judgement should be reported in the digest? No ---- PRESENT: MR. RAJAT KHANNA, ADVOCATE FOR THE APPELLANT. MR. KARMINDER SINGH, ADVOCATE FOR THE RESPONDENTS. K.KANNAN, J.(ORAL) 1. The appeal is for enhancement of claim of compensation for death of a male aged 25 years. The claimants were widow, child, mother and brother. He was said to be a Mason, earning `50/- a day and was also said to have 5 acres of land from which the claimants claimed that he was earning `500/- per month. There was no proof regarding the possession of lands and the Tribunal took the income at `700/- and took the contribution to the family at `500/-, adopted a multiplier of 16 and granted compensation of `96,000/-. 2. I will reassess the compensation, take the contribution to the family at `750/- and take a multiplier of 18. I will also add the conventional heads of claim for loss of consortium, loss of love and affection for minor child, loss to estate and funeral expenses and tabulated the same as follows:- FAO No.601 of 1989 -2- Fatal Accidents Age: 25 Occupation Mason, Agriculturist Claimants Wife, Child, Mother and Brother Heads of Claim Tribunal High Court Sr.No. Amount ` Amount ` 1. Annual Income 700 1000 2. Add % of increase 30%/50%/Nil 3. Deduction (1/2,1/3, 1/4, 1/5) 750 4. Multiplicand 500 x 12 750 x 12 5. Multiplier 16 18 6. Loss of Dependence 1,62,000 7. Medical Expenses 8. Loss of Consortium + loss of love and affection 7500 9. Loss to Estate 2500 10. Funeral Expenses 2000 Total 96,000/- 1,74,000/- 3. 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 additional amount shall be shared between the widow and the daughter only. 4. The liability shall be in the same manner as determined by the Tribunal. 5. The appeal is allowed to the above extent. March 8, 2011 (K.KANNAN) Gulati JUDGE