LAWS(ALL)-2022-1-89

JIUTI DEVI Vs. MANOJ KUMAR RAI

Decided On January 13, 2022
Jiuti Devi Appellant
V/S
Manoj Kumar Rai Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This is an Appeal by the claimants, seeking enhancement of the award made by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal/ District Judge, Ballia in M.A.C.P. No.21 of 2015.

(2.) The appellants, who shall hereinafter be referred to as 'the claimants', are the widow and the three sons of the late Hira Lal, who died in a motor accident on 24/1/2015. The Tribunal has thought that looking to the age of Hira Lal and his station in life, that serve as the index of his income, the claimants are entitled to a compensation of Rs.1.00 lakh alone. The claimants feel that the compensation awarded is atrociously low and have, therefore, appealed the Tribunal's award through the present Appeal under Sec. 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 [for short, 'the Act'].

(3.) The facts giving rise to the Appeal, in some detail, are these: