JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Civil Miscellaneous Appeal filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 against the judgment and decree dated 18.12.2012 made in MACT OP No.2825 of 2011 on the file of the Chief Judge, Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (Court of Small Causes), Chennai.)

1. This appeal has been filed by the claimants seeking enhancement of compensation under the impugned award dated 18.12.2012 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Court of Small Causes, Chennai in MCOP No.2825 of 2011.

2. The appellants are the claimants and the Legal Representatives of the deceased R.Elumalai Gounder, who died on 12.06.2011 as a result of an accident caused by a vehicle owned by the first respondent and insured with the second respondent.

3. The claimants are the legal representatives and the dependants of the deceased and they are his wife, two sons and his mother. They preferred a claim before the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Court of Small Causes, Chennai against the owners of the vehicle as well as the second respondent Insurance Company seeking a compensation of Rs.16,00,000/-.

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