S. P. SRIVASTAVA, J.

( 1 ) AS against the claim of compensation to the tune of rs. 19,72,200 on account of the death of the husband of the present respondent No. 1 and father of the remaining respondents who was sole breadwinner of the family in the proceedings initiated under section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, the Motor accidents Claims Tribunal gave an award determining the amount of compensation only to the extent of Rs. 3,75,000.

( 2 ) FEELING aggrieved, the present appellant, Rajasthan State Road Transport corporation has come up in appeal against the aforesaid award praying for the setting aside of the same. Claimants have on the other hand come up with a cross-objection seeking enhancement of the amount of compensation as originally claimed but with an interest at the rate of 18 per cent per annum.

( 3 ) WE have heard the learned counsel for the parties and have carefully perused the record.

( 4 ) IN the claim petition filed under section 166 of the Motor Accidents Claims tribunal, Anita, the widow of Brajpal singh alias Kallu, disclosed her age to be 21 years. She had asserted that the age of her husband at the time of his death was 23 years.

( 5 ) IN the written

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