JUDGEMENT
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(1.)Delay condoned. Issue notice returnable in four weeks.
(2.)The learned counsel for the petitioner has prayed for grant of stay. Regard being had to the totality of circumstances, it is directed that the petitioner insurer shall deposit a sum of Rs 20,00,000 (Rupees twenty lakhs only) before the Tribunal within four weeks and the Tribunal shall distribute it proportionately as per the directions given in its award.
(3.)Respondents I to 7, the legal heirs of deceased Kamalesh Mewada, filed a claim petition, MACP No. 194 of 2010 before MACT, Kekri, Ajmer, Rajasthan, under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for brevity "the Act") for grant of compensation amounting to Rs 1,55,55,000 along with interest at the rate of 12% per annum from the date of filing of the claim petition. On the basis of evidence brought on record the Tribunal awarded a sum of Rs 27,35,744 with 6% interest payable jointly and severally by the owner, driver and the insurer.