IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR J U D G M E N T S.B. Civil Miscellaneous Appeal No.1747 of 2000. Mahaveer Prasad Rawat son of late Shri Uma Shanker Rawat and Others VERSUS Govind Ram son of Shri Bilas Ram Khandelwal & Ors. Date of Judgment :::: 28/04/2009. Hon'ble Mr. Justice Bhanwaroo Khan Mr. Rakesh Bhargava, Counsel for Claimant-Appellants None present for the non-claimants-respondents By the Court : This miscellaneous appeal under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 has been preferred on behalf of the claimant-appellants against the award dated 06.10.1999 passed by the learned Judge, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Jaipur City, Jaipur, wherein a claim in the sum of Rs.3,94,500/- was passed in favour of the claimant-appellants with the stipulation that if the respondents deposit/pay the awarded amount within 45- days the claimant-appellants will not be entitled for any interest on the amount, so awarded. The learned counsel for the claimant- appellants argued that the learned Tribunal has committed an error in not awarding the interest on the amount of the award and if any amount is found due, the parties are entitled for the interest. The learned counsel for the claimant- appellants has placed reliance on the judgment of the Co- ordinate Bench of this Court in the case of Shri Monik Jain Vs. Shri Bhagwan Singh and Others, (S.B. C.M.A. 1239/2000) decided on 1st April, 2009, wherein it has been held that normally the interest should have been awarded by the Tribunal from the date of filing of the claim petition to the date of realization of the amount, it has been held on the basis of the judgments of the Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of Chameli and Another Vs. Municipal Corporation of Delhi and others, reported in A.I.R. 1986 S.C. 1191 and also in the case of Ramzan Khan and Another Vs. National Insurance Company Limited, reported in 2009 R.A.R. 33 (S.C.), wherein the interest @ 15% was awarded to the claimants. The amount of the award is due on the date of filing of the claim petition and it was a bounded duty of the learned Tribunal to have awarded the interest on the amount of the award, which without there being any reason has not been awarded. In the light of the above cited judgments, the claimant-appellants are entitled for the interest @ 9% per annum on the amount of the award passed. To this extent, this miscellaneous appeal of the claimant- appellants deserves to be allowed. Consequently, the miscellaneous appeal stands allowed in part. The award passed by the learned Tribunal is modified to the extent that the claimant- appellants are entitled to get interest @ 9% per annum on the award of Rs.3,94,500/- from the date of filing of the claim petition till the realization of the awarded amount. (Bhanwaroo Khan) J. ashok/