JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, to modify the award passed in M.C.O.P.No.188 of 2013 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal/Principal District Judge, Karur dated 21.07.2016.)

1. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed against the award passed in M.C.O.P.No.188 of 2013 dated 21.07.2016, on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal/Principal District Judge, Karur.

2. The appellants herein are the claimants and the respondents herein are the respondents in the claim petition. The appellants have filed a claim petition in M.C.O.P.No.188 of 2013, claiming compensation for the death of Kishore Kumar, in an accident that took place on 04.09.2012. The Tribunal has awarded a sum of Rs. 9,34,000/- (Rupees Nine Lakhs and Thirty Four Thousand only) as compensation. Against which, the appellant has preferred this appeal.

3. A brief substance of the claim petition in M.C.O.P.No.188 of 2013 is as follows:

On 04.09.2012, the deceased Kishore kumar was riding a motorcycle bearing registration No.TN-47-AA-1217 and another deceased Sathiyamoorthy was travelling as the pillion rider. At about 04.00 p.m., a Fo