Swamikkannu, J.

1. The first respondent, the Managing Director, Thanthai Periyar Transport Corporation Ltd., has preferred this appeal against the judgment and decree of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (Principal Subordinate Judge), Vellore, made in M.A.C.T.O P. No. 339 of 1979 dated 27-4-1981.

2. Two petitions, namely M.A.C.T.O.P. Nos. 361 and 339 of 1979 bad been filed by the husband and the mother respectively of the deceased bad been filed before the Tribunal under Section 110-A of the Motor Vehicles Act. Husband, in his petition claimed compensation of Rs. 30,200/- while the mother of the deceased in her petition claimed compensation of Rs. 10,000/- on the ground that she had suffered mental agony and pain on account of the loss of her youngest daughter. Both the petitions were tried jointly and a common award is passed by the Tribunal.

3. In this appeal we are concerned only with the award passed in M.A.C.T.O.P. No. 339 of 1979 filed by the mother of the deceased Santha.

4. The case of the petitioner in short is as follows :--At about 3 p.m. on 20-5-1979 when the deceased Santha and her husband were returning to Tiruvannamalai in Avalurpet-Tiruvannamalai road, after f