JUDGMENT :

Instant appeal filed under S.173 of the Motor Vehicles Act (hereinafter, ‘Act’) lays challenge to award dated 30.6.2017 passed by learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal-IV, Shimla, in MAC Petition RBT No. 54-S/2 of 2015, titled Smt. Sarla and others v. United India Insurance Company Limited and another, whereby, learned Tribunal below, while holding respondents Nos. 1 to 4 (hereinafter, ‘claimants’) entitled to compensation on account of death of late Dev Dutt, directed the appellant-Insurance Company to pay compensation in the sum of Rs. 26,44,200/- to the claimants, alongwith interest at the rate of 7.5% per annum, from the date of petition till its realization.

2. Precisely, the facts of the case are that the claimants, being dependents of the deceased Dev Dutt, filed a claim petition under S.166 of the Motor Vehicles Act before learned Tribunal below, claiming therein compensation to the tune of Rs. 50.00 Lakh on account of death of Shri Dev Dutt, in an accident involving vehicle bearing registration No. HP-07C-1299, owned and being driven by respondent No. 5. Clai