1 FA.395/1998 acd IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION FIRST APPEAL NO. 395 OF 1998 Draupadi Sangappa Natekar . ...Appellant. V/s. Baban Kondiba Nawale & Ors. . ....Respondents. ----- None for the Appellant. Mr. Ranjan Tripathi i/b S.S. Vidyarthi, Advocate for Respondent No.2. ------ CORAM : A.S. OKA, J. DATED : 6 th OCTOBER, 2010. P.C: 1] None appears for the appellant when appeal is called out. Even on 17.8.2010, none appeared on behalf of the appellant. 2] One of the original claimants has challenged the judgment and award dated 29.7.1997 by which the claim petition filed under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 [hereinafter referred to as ‘the said Act 1988’] was partly allowed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal. Only grievance in the appeal is that interest from the date on which the application for compensation was filed till the date of disposal of the claim petition has not been granted. 2 FA.395/1998 3] The learned counsel for the 2nd respondent pointed out that the interest amount for the aforesaid period will not exceed a sum of Rs.10,000/-. Hence, it is submitted that in view of sub-section 3 of section 173 of the said Act 1988, the appeal is not maintainable. 4] There is substance in the submission made by learned counsel appearing for 2nd respondent. In view of the sub-section 3 of section 173 of the said Act 1988, this appeal is not maintainable and same is dismissed only on the ground that it is not maintainable. JUDGE