JUDGMENT :

(J.J. Munir, J.)

1. This is a claimants' appeal arising out of a judgment and award of Mr. S.C. Bose, District Judge of Allahabad, sitting as the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, dated 6th January, 2003 passed in Motor Accident Claims Petition No.410 of 1999. The claimants seek enhancement of the compensation awarded.

2. Smt. Gulshan Bano, the deceased, was travelling on board Jeep No. UP-70N-7479 on 13.04.1999. At about 7:30 p.m., near a certain Village Gansiari within the local limits of Police Station Mau Aima, District Allahabad (now Prayagraj), a Bus bearing registration No. UGH-471, owned by the Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (for short, 'the UPSRTC'), that was proceeding from Allahabad to Ayodhya, hit the Jeep. In consequence of the accident, Smt. Gulshan Bano sustained injuries, leading to her death. The Jeep aforesaid, whereon Gulshan Bano was travelling, was owned by one Alok Pandey and insured with the Oriental Insurance Company, Allahabad. The claimants are three in number, to wit, Abdul Khaliq aged about 45 years, an uncle of the deceased, Smt. Hamidunnisha aged about 40 years, the deceased's mother and Shaista, the deceased's minor daughter, a