JUDGMENT :

1. This is a claimants' appeal, seeking enhancement of the compensation awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal.

2. On 18th of September, 2007, Ramasrey, a resident of Village Jamhoura, Post Sikandrabad, Police Station Neemgaon, District Lakhimpur Kheri, had gone to the north of his village in the fields, to answer the call of nature. While returning home at 7:30 p.m. on the Sitapur-Lakhimpur Road, as he reached the culvert near Village Jamhoura, a U.P. Roadways bus bearing Registration No. UP-25G-9999, that was driven at a high speed and negligently, hit him head-on. He was grievously injured and conveyed by the members of his family to the District Hospital, Lakhimpur Kheri, where during treatment, he breathed his last. At the time of his demise, Ramasrey was aged about 48 years. He was engaged in agriculture as well as supply of milk. He had a monthly income of Rs.7,000/-. In future, this income was expected to go double as per his dependents' claim. He left behind his widow, Smt. Bhagauta Devi, besides three sons as his dependents.

3. The claimants petitioned