HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N. BALAYOGI M.A.C.M.A.No. 955 OF 2008 JUDGMENT:

1. The appellants/claimants, aggrieved by the Award and Decree dated 5.11.2007 passed in MVOP.No.1035 of 2006 preferred this appeal, whereby the learned Chairman, Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Tribunal-cum-III Additional District Judge, Guntur awarded compensation of Rs.9,78,130/- with interest at 7.5% per annum from the date of petition till the date of deposit and proportionate costs while directing the respondents to pay the said amount jointly and severally.

2. The contentions of the appellants/claimants are that the Tribunal erred in taking the age of the deceased at 45 years and it ought to have taken the age of the deceased at 43 years and applied the multiplier 15. The Tribunal erred in taking the net salary into consideration and it ought to have seen that some amounts in deductions have to be paid by the legal representatives of the deceased and those are uncleared debts of the deceased. The Tribunal erred in not awarding compensation towards future prospects of the deceased who was the salaried employee.

3. (a) The case of the appellants/claimants in brief is as follows: the first appellant/first claiman