JUDGMENT :

1. The instant appeal under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, as amended, (hereinafter referred to as the Act) is directed against the judgment and award dated 18.06.2012 passed by the Member, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Dibrugarh (hereinafter also referred as the Claims Tribunal, in short) in MAC Case No. 102/2010. By the said judgment and award dated 18.06.2012, the Claims Tribunal had allowed two claim applications, MAC Case No. 101/2010 and MAC Case No. 102/2010, which were filed by two different claimants under Section 166 of the Act seeking compensation for the deaths caused to two different persons in an accident that occurred on 25.04.2010 involving the use of one vehicle bearing registration No. AS-06/F-9187, a 709 truck. The present appeal is in respect of MAC Case No. 102/2010.

2. In respect of the claim application, MAC Case No. 102/2010, the Claims Tribunal had awarded an amount of Rs. 2,74,000/- as compensation to the claimant, who is the respondent No. 1 herein, along with simple interest @ 6% per annum from the date of filing of the claim application. The appellant-insurer was directed to pay the said amount of compensation within one month f