Challenge in this M.A.C.M.A is to the award, dated 05.05.2016, in M.V.O.P.No.160 of 2015, on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal- cum-IX Additional District Judge, Chittoor,(“Tribunal” for short), whereunder the Tribunal dealing with a claim for compensation made by the claimants for a sum of Rs.5,00,000/- on account of death of V.Mukesh (hereinafter will be referred to as “deceased”) in a motor vehicle accident occurred on 06.03.2015, awarded a sum of Rs.4,00,000/- towards the compensation.

2. The parties to this M.A.C.M.A will hereinafter be referred to as described before the Tribunal for the sake of convenience.

3. The case of the petitioners in M.V.O.P.No.160 of 2015, according to the averments set out in the claim before the Tribunal, in brief, is that:

On 06.03.2015, there was a pooja of a new auto belonging to one of the close relatives of the petitioners’ at Kanipakam temple. So as to attend to the