( 1 ) THIS is an appeal by the Insurance Company directed against the award dt. 24-12-1985 passed by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Indore in Claim Case No. 49/80 whereby the learned Tribunal has awarded compensation of Rs. 50,000/- for the death by motor accident of the deceased Mohammad Amin with interest @ 10% per annum from the date of the petition till realisation.

( 2 ) THE facts giving rise to this appeal, briefly stated, are as follows :- it is not disputed that on 21-1-1980, the truck bearing Registration No. MPM 3297 hit the deceased Mohammail Amin who was going on a bicycle near Premsukh Talkies, Indore with the result that the deceased fell down and was crushed under the wheels of the truck. The deceased was moved to the M. Y. Hospital, where he succumbed to the injuries. The respondents Nos. 1 and 2 who are parents of the deceased, filed the claim petition u/s. 110-A of the Motor Vehicles Act against the respondents Nos. 3 and 4, the owner and the driver of the truck in question joining the Insurance Company which had insured the owner in respect of the truck, as a party non-petitioner.

( 3 ) THE learned Tribunal, on appreciation of evidence adduce