THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY Civil Miscellaneous Appeal No.1829 of 2003 Dated 23rd September, 2010 Between: Enugu Sudhakar Reddy and another …Appellants And Md.Jahangir and 2 others …Respondents Counsel for the Appellants : Mr.P.Prabhakar Reddy Counsel for respondent Nos.1 & 2: ---- Counsel for respondent No.3: Mr.Srinivasa Rao Vutla The Court made the following: Order: The unfortunate parents of a 9-year-old boy, whose life was cruelly cut short by a speeding lorry bearing registration No.ABT 1936, are the appellants in this Civil Miscellaneous Appeal, filed against award, dated 18-02- 2003, in MVOP.No.11 of 1995 on the file of the Principal Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-Principal District Judge’s Court, Warangal (for short ‘the Tribunal’), feeling aggrieved by the denial of the full compensation of Rs.75,000/- as claimed by them. For the purpose of adjudication of this appeal, it is not necessary to refer to the manner of the accident as the dispute in this appeal centres around the quantum of compensation only. The appellants, whose occupation is agriculture, claimed a total compensation of Rs.75,000/- on account of the death of their son viz., Venkanna, while the Tribunal has awarded Rs.50,000/- with interest @ 9% p.a. As rightly found by the Tribunal, it is not possible to assess the future prospects of a 9-year-old child, but in my opinion, the trauma that the appellants would have suffered on losing their beloved little child is unimaginable and the loss is immeasurable. No amount of money can compensate for the sense of deprival that the appellants would have felt on losing their only son. The Tribunal should have displayed a more humane and sympathetic attitude in awarding the compensation, as the claim made by the appellants, in my opinion, is very realistic and reasonable. For the above-mentioned reasons, the Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is allowed and award, dated 18-02- 2003, in MVOP.No.11 of 1995, is modified by awarding the full compensation amount of Rs.75,000/- with interest at 9% p.a. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 23rd September, 2010 lur