JUDGMENT :

G. JAYACHANDRAN, J.

Prayer: Civil Miscellaneous Appeal filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, against the judgment and decree dated 17.06.2014 made in M.C.O.P. No. 5966 of 2012 on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (III Court of Small Causes) Chennai.

This case has been heard through Video Conferencing.

1. Heard the learned counsel for the appellant and the respondent.

2. The appeal is filed by the claimant being not satisfied with the quantum of compensation awarded by the Tribunal.

3. The facts of the case is that on 12.04.2004, at about 11 p.m. in CTH Road, Ambattur Estate, opposite to V.M. Bajaj showroom, while the deceased Megaraj was trying to cross the road from North to South, the motor cycle bearing Registration No. TN-02-X-9213 insured under the United India Insurance Corporation Limited dashed against him resulting in multiple injuries including head injury.

4. The accident victim was taken to the Government General Hospital, Chennai but he died on 13.04.2012. The mother, married sister and unmarried sister aged 28 years joined together