JUDGMENT :

K.Somashekar, J.

1. Though this appeal is listed for admission, with the consent of learned counsel on both sides, the matter is taken up for final disposal.

2. This appeal is preferred against the judgment and award dated 30.10.2012 rendered by the Presiding Officer, Fast Track Court-2, Additional MACT, Mysore, in MVC No.455/2012 seeking enhancement of compensation.

3. The factual matrix of the appeal is as under:

It is stated in the claim petition that on 21.02.2012 at about 6.45 p.m. deceased Sasi @ Sasikumar along with Chandra were traveling in the above said passenger bus along with other passengers from Malai Mahadeshwara Hills, near 7th Curve of Talabetta, all of a sudden the driver of the bus drove the vehicle rashly and negligently with high speed and dashed against a stone. Due to the said impact, the bus turned turtle and the inmates of the said bus sustained injuries. In the said accident the deceased succumbed to the injuries at the spot. Having lost the bread earner of the family, the claimants being wife, children and mother of the deceased, filed the clai