1 S.B. CIVIL MISC. APPEAL NO.2107/2008 UNITED INDIA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED V/s SANTOSH & OTHERS DATE OF ORDER :- MAY 30, 2008 HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GUMAN SINGH Shri Rizwan Ahmed, for appellant. Shri Gaurav Gupta for claimants respondents 1. The case has come up for admission. Counsel of both the parties agree to dispose of the case at admission stage. 2. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the entire record of the miscellaneous appeal. 3. This civil misc. appeal under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, has been filed by United India Insurance Company Limited against the award dated March 14, 2008, of the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Bahrod, camp at Bansur (Alwar), in Claim Petition No. 77/2007, whereby a sum of Rs.4,30,000/- has been awarded as compensation to the claimants-appellants. 4. The appellant has come in appeal on the ground that the multiplier adopted 2 in the case by the learned Tribunal is 17 and multiplier 16 should have been applied in view of the age of mother of deceased as the deceased was unmarried and the amount of compensation deserves to be reduced. 5. Learned counsel for the respondents claimants has not been able to controvert this position in view of Second Schedule of M.V. Act. He submitted that the compensation deserves to be enhanced on account of loss of love and affection etc. but there has been no appeal on this point and the same has been awarded as per Second Schedule and it calls for no interference. 6. In view of the aforesaid position, the compensation deserves to be calculated by applying multiplier of 16 which comes as Rs.2000 x 12 x 16 = Rs.3,84,000 plus Rs.22,000/- already awarded under other head. Thus, the amounts comes at Rs.4,06,000/-. 7. Accordingly, the impugned award is modified and the amount of compensation is reduced from Rs.4,30,000/- to 3 Rs.4,06,000/-, with interest at the rate of 6% p.a. from the date of appeal i.e. 29.4.2008 and the same shall be payable within three months from the date of this order, failing which, the amount shall entail interest at the rate of 9% p.a. 8. The appeal stands disposed of. (Guman Singh),J. Chauhan/-