1. Instant appeal filed under S.173 of the Motor Vehicles Act (hereinafter 'the Act') is directed against the award dated 28.5.2011 passed by learned Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Kullu, District Kullu, Himachal Pradesh in Claim Petition No. 21 of 2011, titled Pooja v. Tot Ram, whereby claim petition having been filed by the appellants - claimants (hereinafter 'claimants') came to be dismissed.

2. Briefly stated, the facts of the case, as emerge from the record, are that on 4.5.2011, a car bearing registration No. HP 34 - A 5283, in which deceased Lata Devi was sitting, rolled down, as a consequence of which above noted person sustained multiple grievous injuries and subsequently succumbed to her injuries. Claimants, who happen to be children of above named deceased, by way of claim petition, claimed compensation to the tune of Rs. 15,00,000 on account of death of their mother. Claimants alleged that at the time of alleged incident, deceased was hale and hearty and was earning Rs. 15,000 from her business besides doing agricultural work. Claimants claimed that they being solely dependent upon the deceased have been deprived of love and affection due to untimely death of the dec