JUDGMENT :

1. Heard the parties.

2. Though notice has validly been served upon the respondents, yet no one turns up on behalf of the respondents. Hence, this appeal is heard ex-parte against the respondents.

3. This appeal is directed against the judgment and award dated 23.01.2014 passed by the District Judge 1st-cum-Motor Accident Claim Tribunal, Bokaro in T.M.V. No.13 of 2010 by which the learned Tribunal in an application filed under Section 166 of M.V. Act has directed the opposite party nos.3 and 4 to pay Rs.6,09,700/- along with simple interest at the rate of 6% per annum on the said amount, from the date of filing of suit to the claimants, in respect of the death of the deceased Sonia Devi caused by a motor vehicle accident and Rs.2,90,000/- to the claimant no.1 for permanent disability sustained by him along with simple interest at the rate of 6% per annum from the date of filing of the claim.

4. The brief facts of the case is that on 14.08.2009 at about 10:15 A.M. while the claimant no.1-respondent no.1 along with his wife being the deceased- Sonia Devi were going on a motorcycle, the offending truck being rashly and negligently driven dashed the motorcycle causing injurie