JUDGMENT :

R. Subbiah, J.

(Prayer: Civil Miscellaneous Appeal filed under Section 173 of The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 against the Judgment and Decree dated 08.02.2018 and made in M.A.C.T.O.P. No. 1572 of 2017 on the file of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Special Sub Judge (MCOP), Tiruvannamalai.)

1. Not being satisfied with the quantum of compensation awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Tiruvannamalai in and by the award dated 08.02.2018, in MCOP No. 1572 of 2017, the present appeal is filed by the claimants.

2. The claimants 1, 4, 8 are the wives of the deceased Mustak Ali. The appellant Nos. 2, 3 are children born to the deceased Mustak Ali and the first claimant. The appellants 5, 6 and 7 are children born to the fourth appellant and the deceased Mustak Ali. The appellants 9, 10 and 11 are the children born to the eighth appellant and the deceased Mustak Ali. The appellant Nos. 12 and 13 are the mother and father of the deceased respectively.

3. The case of the claimants is that on 15.02.2016 at about 6.00 pm, the deceased Mustak Ali was driving the auto bearing TN