JUDGMENT :

A.K. Chawla, J.

1. By the instant appeal, the appellant-the insurer, in effect, assails the quantum of compensation that has come to be awarded in favour of the respondent Nos. -1 to 8 under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicle Act, in short 'the MV Act'.

2. Concisely, the relevant facts are that on 19.04.2014 at about 10:05 a.m., Ms. Nanki Devi (since deceased)-the mother of the claimants-respondent Nos. 1 to 8, sustained injuries in a motor accident involving car bearing registration No. DL 7 CP 3264, in short 'the offending vehicle', and on account of injuries so sustained, she died. It resulted into filing of DAR in the first instance followed by a claim petition under Sections 140 and 166 of the MV Act. Though, according to the claimants-the respondent Nos. 1 to 8, the deceased, at the relevant time, was doing private service and earning Rs. 20,000/- per month and contributing her entire income towards the household expenses, her husband having pre-deceased, the Tribunal has assessed her income applying the minimum wages applicable at the given time and having allowed 1/5th deduction towards personal expenses of the deceased and thus, assessed the loss of dependency of the