JUDGMENT :

Appellant-Insurance Company has filed the present appeal, under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act (hereinafter referred to as the ‘MV Act’) against award, dated 9th March, 2018, passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal-IV, Shimla, Camp at Rohru, H.P. (hereinafter referred to as ‘learned MACT’).

2. By virtue of the award, which has been assailed before this Court, the learned MACT has allowed the claim petition filed by respondents No. 1 to 3 and awarded a sum of Rs. 10,37,680/-, alongwith interest @ 7.5% per annum, from the date of filing of the claim petition, till realization of the amount.

3. For the sake of convenience, the parties to the lis are hereinafter referred to, as referred to by the learned MACT.

4. The Insurance Company (respondent No. 4) has preferred the appeal before this Court, as the ultimate liability to pay the amount of compensation, alongwith interest, has been fastened upon it.

5. Brief facts, leading to the filing of the present appeal, before this Court, may be summed up, as under:

The claimants, being widow and minor sons of Shri Sohan Lal, have filed the claim petition before the learned MACT, seeking compensation, on account of dea