: 1 : IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION FIRST APPEAL NO.195 OF 1995 Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation, Mumbai ... Appellants V/s. Chandrabhaga Rajaram Gawade & Ors. ... Respondents. Mr. G.S. Hegade for the Appellants. None for the Respondents. CORAM : SMT. NISHITA MHATRE, J. DATE : 25 TH SEPTEMBER, 2009. ORAL JUDGMENT : 1. The First Appeal challenges the judgment and award of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Pune, dated 11th August, 1994 in Claim Petition No.437 of 1987. The claim has been filed by the mother of the deceased Amar Gawade who was 8 years old when he died in the motor vehicle accident. Besides Amar, his father, who was travelling with him in the vehicle, also died in the accident. The respondent No.1 was one of the applicants to the Claim Application No.702 of 1987 which was filed in respect of the death of her husband Ramchandra Gawade. : 2 : 2. I have already held that the judgment and award of the Tribunal in respect of the negligence of the driver of the appellant is correct in the First Appeal No.196 of 1995. For the reasons stated in First Appeal No.196 of 1995, the impugned award in the present First Appeal with respect to the negligence is confirmed. 3. As regards the quantum of compensation payable to the applicant in respect of the death of her minor son, the Tribunal has awarded Rs.40,000/- with interest @ 12% per annum. The Tribunal has considered the fact that generally in respect of the death of a minor child the amount of compensation awarded ranges between Rs.25,000/- to Rs.70,000/-, depending upon the position of the family, age of the child, his career etc. In the circumstances of the present case, the Tribunal has awarded Rs.40,000/- which, in my opinion, cannot be faulted. While awarding this amount, the Tribunal has also awarded interest @ 12% per annum. : 3 : 4. Mr. Hegade for the appellants submits that the normal practice of granting interest @ 9% has been departed by the Tribunal for no apparent reasons. He submits that in the case of U.P. State Road Transport Corporation vs. Krishna Bala & Ors., reported in AIR 2006 Supreme Court 2688, the interest awarded was @ 9% per annum and, therefore, the Tribunal has erroneously granted interest @ 12% per annum. 5. This submission of Mr. Hegade must be accepted and the interest awarded must be paid @ 9% per annum from the date of the application till realization. 6. Accordingly the First Appeal is allowed partly. 7. No order as to costs. 8. The compensation awarded by the Tribunal of Rs.40,000/- shall be paid with interest @ 9% per annum by the appellants within six weeks from today. .......