IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.721 of 1993 (O&M) Date of decision:12.11.2010 Smt. Anita Jain and others ....Appellants versus Dharam Pal and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: Mr. Ashok Gupta, Advocate, for the appellants. Mr. Sanjiv Pabbi, Advocate, for the Insurance Company. ---- 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 appeal is for enhancement of compensation for death of a businessman, who was aged 34 years. He was an income tax assessee and had filed a return of Rs.78,700/-. The Tribunal deducted Rs.21,768/- for tax paid and took the income to be Rs.57,000/-, made a deduction of 1/3rd for personal expenses and adopted a multiplier of 16, to determine a compensation of Rs.6,08,000/-. If a reappraisal were to be made in terms of the judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Sarla Verma and others Versus Delhi Transport Corporation and another-2009 ACJ 1298 , having regard to the fact that the deceased was supporting a large family of wife and four minor children, I would provide for a deduction FAO No.721 of 1993 (O&M) - 2 - of 1/4th and take the contribution to the family as 42,750/-. I will adopt a multiplier of 16 and take the loss of dependency at Rs.6,84,000/-. I will add Rs.5,000/- for loss of consortium to the wife and Rs.2,500/- for each one of the minor children. I will add Rs.5,000/- as loss to estate and provide for an additional amount of Rs.2,500/- towards funeral expenses. The total amount comes to Rs.7,01,500/-. The Tribunal has already awarded Rs.6,08,000/- and the amount in excess over what has been determined by the Tribunal shall attract interest at 6% from the date of petition till date of payment. 2. The appeal is allowed to the above terms. (K.KANNAN) JUDGE 12.11.2010 sanjeev