JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Appeal filed under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, against the award, dated 06.08.2019, passed in M.C.O.P.No.237 of 2015 by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal / Special Sub Court, Tirunelveli.)

1. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is directed against the award, dated 06.08.2019, passed in M.C.O.P.No.237 of 2015 by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal / Special Sub Court, Tirunelveli.

2. The claimants are the appellants herein, seeking enhancement of compensation.

3. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to as per their ranking before the Tribunal.

4 .The claim petitioners, who are the sisters of the deceased Velmurugan, mason, filed the above M.C.O.P.No.231 of 2015 alleging that on 15.12.2014 at about 07.00 p.m., the deceased was standing on the centre median in order to cross from north to south on the Tirunelveli – Tuticorin Four Way Road at Manakarai Vilakku. At that time, a Maruti Omni bearing Registration No.TN-72-R-9019 belonging to the first respondent, insured with the second respondent came from east to west in a high speed, rashly, negligently and without slow down on the zebra mark, hit the deceased, who was standing on the road. The