JUDGMENT :

Virender Singh, J.

Aggrieved from the award, dated 3.12.2015, passed by the Court of learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal-I, Kullu, District Kullu, H.P. (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Tribunal’), the Insurance Company has preferred the present appeal, under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act (hereinafter referred to as ‘the M.V. Act’).

2. Vide award impugned herein, the learned Tribunal has allowed the MAC Petition No. 05 of 2012, titled as, ‘Smt. Shashi versus Shri Mohammad Ali & others”, and awarded a sum of Rs. 6,83,000/-, alongwith interest @ 9% per annum, from the date of filing of petition, till deposit of the awarded amount. However, the ultimate liability to pay the amount of compensation, alongwith interest, has been fastened upon the Insurance Company.

3. Parties to the lis, hereinafter, are, referred to, in the same manner, in which, they were referred to, by the learned Tribunal.

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

Petitioner, Shashi has filed the claim petition, under Section 166 of the M.V. Act, seeking compensation, on account of death of her son, namely, Vicky, in a motor accident, involv