( 1 ) THIS appeal at the instance of the claimants under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 is directed against the judgment and award dated 20. 2. 2006 of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Baroda in MAC Petition No. 691 of 1995 in so far as the Tribunal after having determined the amount of compensation at Rs. 3,15,000/- has made the award for only Rs. 1,26,000/- with proportionate costs and interest at the rate of 7. 5% per annum.

( 2 ) THE appellants are the parents of one Sanjiv, a young qualified engineer who died at the age of 24 years in a motor vehicle accident between a jeep belonging to the Gujarat Electricity Board where the deceased was employed as an Electrical Engineer and a truck. The jeep belonging to the Gujarat Electricity Board and registered in the name of its Executive Engineer (Transmission) was insured by respondent No. 3- New India Assurance Co. Ltd. . The parents of the deceased filed the claim petition for compensation of Rs. 10 lakhs. Respondent No. 3 ? Insurance Company contested the claim petition and contended in its written statement at Exh. 31 that since the driver of the truck involved in the accident was not joined, the cl