JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, to set aside the judgment and decree passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, District Court, Karur in M.C.O.P.No.85 of 2008 dated 10.01.2013.)

1. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed against the award passed in M.C.O.P.No.85 of 2008 dated 10.01.2013, on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, District Judge, Karur.

2. The appellant herein is the second respondent, the respondents 1 and 2 herein are the petitioners and the respondents 3 to 5 herein are the respondents 3 to 5 in the claim petition. The respondents 3 to 5 herein are the legal heirs of the deceased first respondent. The appellant herein has filed a claim petition in M.C.O.P.No.85 of 2008, claiming compensation for the c Anand, in an accident that took place on 13.10.2007. The Tribunal has awarded a sum of Rs.5,33,070/- (Rupees Five Lakhs Thirty Three Thousand and Seventy 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.85 of 2008 is as follows:

On 13.10.2007, when minor Anand was standing on the extreme lef