Hon'ble MIDHA, J.—The appellants have challenged the award of the learned Tribunal whereby compensation of Rs.1,00,000/- has been awarded to them. The appellants seek enhancement of the award amount.

2. The accident dated 4th November, 1988 resulted in the death of Jisha Jose. The deceased was survived by her parents who filed claim petition before the learned Tribunal.

3. The deceased was aged 8 years at the time of the accident and was a student of Convent of Jesus and Merry School, Bangla Sahib, New Delhi.

4. The learned Tribunal has awarded a lump-sum compensation of Rs.1,00,000/- to the appellants.

5. The learned counsel for the appellant refers and relies upon the judgment of this Court in the case of National Insurance Co. Ltd. vs. Farzana, MAC APP. No.13/2007 decided on 14th July, 2009 in which compensation of Rs.3,75,000/- has been determined in respect of the death of a child aged 7 years, following the judgments of the Hon'ble Supreme Court and this Court in the cases of Manju Devi vs. Musafir Paswan, VII (2005) SLT 257, Sobhagya Devi vs. Sukhvir Singh, II (2006) ACC 1997, Syam Narayan vs. Kitty Tours & Travels, 2006 ACJ 320, R.K. Malik vs. Kiran Pal, III (2006) ACC 261, R.K

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