FAO No. 6894 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH FAO No. 6894 of 2010 Date of decision November 29, 2010 Chandu Lal and others ....... Appellants Versus Rahish and others ........Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:- Mr. Rajiv Sharma, Advocate for the appellants. **** 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). CM No.29749-CII of 2010 1. For the reasons stated in the application, delay of 7 years and 178 days in refiling the appeal is condoned. FAO No. 6894 of 2010 2. The appellants seeks for enhancement of compensation for death of a bachelor aged 22 years where the claimants were the parents, brother and sister. The income of the deceased at Rs.2100/- provided for the accident of dependence to the family as Rs.1600/- and adopted a multiplier of 15. If the case must be seen in the light of the judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Sarla Verma Vs.Delhi Road Transport Corporation reported in (2009) 6 SC 12, the deduction possible for death of a bachelor would have been as 50% having regard to the prospect of marriage and reduction in contribution to the family. Even as regards the choice of multiplier a judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Shakti Devi Vs. New India Insurance Company Ltd. FAO No. 6894 of 2010 2 and another in Civil Appeal No. 3660 of 2006 decided on 9.11.2010 has said that the choice of multiplier shall be with reference to the age of the claimants where the claimants are elder to the deceased. This judgment has also taken note of the judgment of the Supreme Court in Sarla Verma's case (supra) , both as regards the multiplicand and multiplier. If at all, the Tribunal has been liberal. There is no scope for interference in the appeal. The appeal is, therefore, dismissed. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE November 29, 2010 archana