JUDGMENT :

(Pushpa Sathyanarayana, J.)

(Prayer : Civil Miscellaneous Appeal filed under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, against the judgment and decree dated 09.05.2017 made in M.C.O.P.No.111 of 2014 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Special Court for EC & NDPS Act Cases), Pudukkottai.)

1. Seeking enhancement of compensation, the appellants/claimants have preferred this Civil Miscellaneous Appeal against the award, dated 09.05.2017 passed in M.C.O.P.No.111 of 2014, on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Special Court for EC & NDPS Act Cases), Pudukkottai.

2. In the said M.C.O.P, the appellants/claimants 1 & 2 are the wife and child of the deceased-George William. The Tribunal had awarded a sum of Rs.41,00,000/- on various heads. The said award is now challenged in the present Civil Miscellaneous Appeal only on the quantum.

3. The brief facts relevant for the consideration of the above case are that on 31.12.2013 at about 14.30 hours, the deceased-George William was riding his Hero Honda Pleasure moped bearing Registration No.TN-63-AX-4912 along w