NEUTRAL CITATION NO. 2025:MPHC-JBP:53202 IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE PRADEEP MITTAL th ON THE 15 OF OCTOBER 2025 MISC. APPEAL NO. 4271 OF 2010 SMT. LAXMI AHIRWARAND OTHERS Versus RITESH RAI AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Rajendra Kumar Raghuvanshi, Advocate for appellants.

Shri Pramod Kumar Thakre, Advocate for respondents.

ORDER The present appeal has been filed by the appellants under section 173(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, challenging the award dated 05.07.2010 passed by Addl. Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Raheli in Claim Case No.77 of 2009.

2. Brief facts of the case are that at the time of accident, the deceased was going on a motorcycle when he was hit by the Auto bearing Registration No. MP-15-T-1732. It is submitted that the said Auto was rashly and negligently being driven by the respondent no. 1 as a result of which Hemraj Ahirwar and one other person died and a lady and a child suffered injuries.

3. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the appellants that the Claims tribunal erred in calculating the annual income of the deceased to the tune of Rs. 15,000. It is submitted that the deceased used to do welding work at