JUDGMENT :

R. THARANI, J.

Prayer: This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, to enhance the award amount in M.A.C.O.P. No. 130 of 2009 order dated 09.11.2011 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal cum Principal District Judge, Ramanathapuram.

1. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed against the judgment and decree passed in M.A.C.O.P. No. 130 of 2009 dated 09.11.2011 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal cum Principal District Judge, Ramanathapuram.

2. The appellants herein are the claimants and the respondents 1 and 2 herein are the respondents in the claim petition. The appellants herein have filed a claim petition in M.A.C.O.P. No. 130 of 2009, claiming compensation for the death of one Jesintha, in an accident that took place on 13.09.2007. The Tribunal has awarded a sum of Rs. 4,02,000/- (Rupees Four Lakhs and Two Thousand only) as compensation. Against which, the appellants have filed the present appeal.

3. A brief substance of the claim petition in M.A.C.O.P. No. 130 of 2009 is as follows:

On 13.09.2007, at about 09.45 a.m. when the deceased was walking along the left side of the road, a bus bearing Regis