1. The Insurer, who figured as the second respondent in M.C.O.P.No.2046 of 2002 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (VI Court of Small Causes, Chennai), has filed the appeal against the award of the said Tribunal dated 18.06.2009 awarding a sum of Rs.8,49,000/- with interest on the said amount at the rate of 9.5% per annum from the date of filing of the petition till the date of payment. The respondents 1 and 2 in the appeal, who were the claimants in the above said M.C.O.P, have chosen to file the Cross Objection No.116 of 2011 challenging the award of the Tribunal insofar as the disallowed portion of the claim is concerned and claiming enhancement. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to in accordance with their ranks in C.M.A.No.581 of 2011 with reference to their ranks in the M.C.O.P wherever necessary.

2. P.Geetha Prasad and S.Tharakeshwari, the respondents 1 and 2 in the appeal, preferred a claim of Rs.10,00,000/- as compensation in the above said M.C.O.P for the death of R.Prasad (the husband of the first respondent and father of the second respondent) in a road accident that allegedly took place on 22.02.2000 at about 09.30 a.m at S.R.B