JUDGMENT :

This appeal is filed by the petitioners in O.P.(M.V.)No.1205 of 2014 on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Kottayam, challenging the award dated 11.9.2015 on the ground of inadequacy of compensation.

2. The appellants are dependents of Sheela Balachandran, who died in a motor accident that occurred on 3.5.2014. They are the husband and three major children of the deceased. The injured died after ten days of the accident. The appellants claimed that the deceased was employed in a private firm and produced Exhibit A7 salary certificate to prove that she was drawing monthly salary of Rs.9,500/-. They claimed compensation under various heads which are detailed in the impugned award. The respondent Insurance Company admitted the accident as well as the policy coverage.

3. The learned Tribunal, after fixing the monthly income of the deceased as Rs.7,000/-, on notional basis, adding future prospects of 30% and deducting personal and living expenses by 1/3, fixed a total amount of loss of dependency for an amount of Rs.10,24,800/-, applying multiplier of 14. The