JUDGMENT

Heard Sri Soora Venkata Sainath, learned counsel for the appellant and perused the material on record.

3. The Tribunal allowed the MVOP with cots, awarding compensation of Rs.32,09,000/- with future interest @7.5% per annum from the date of filing of the petition till the date of deposit of the amount.

5. The claimant/1 st respondent is the widow and claimant/3 rd respondent is the son of the deceased. The other two claimants/respondents No.2 & 4 are the daughters of the deceased. The claim was filed against the 5 th respondent herein the owner-cum-driver of the offending vehicle, and its insurer, the National Insurance Company Limited, the present 6 th respondent. The appellant herein was the 3 rd respondent in the MVOP. The appellant is also the son of the deceased late Bodapati Satyanarayana and thus, related to the claimants. It appears that he did not join the claimants-respondents and conseq