This appeal under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (the Act) has been filed by the second claimant in O.P. (MV)No.528/2005 on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Punalur, (the Tribunal), aggrieved by the amount of compensation granted by Award dated 21/11/2013. The respondents herein are the first and the third claimants and the respondents before the Tribunal. The parties and the documents will be referred to as described in the original petition.

2. The facts of the case as stated in the petition in brief, are as follows - On 16/04/2004 at 06:30 p.m, deceased Unnikrishnan was riding a motor bike bearing Registration No.KL-3K/934 from Avaneeswaram to Thiruvananthapuram through Kottarakara – Thiruvananthapuram M.C.road, and when he reached near Vamanapuram Bridge, bike bearing registration No.KL-02P/5310 ridden by the second respondent in a rash and negligent manner had a head on collision with the bike driven by the deceased as a result of which the latter was thrown on to the road whereby he sustained injuries including severe head injuries, to which he succumbed. The claimants are the legal heirs and the dependents of the deceased. The first res