MACApp. 2/2003 BEFORE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. MADAN B LOKUR The appellant is aggrieved by an award dated 2/9/2002 passed by the Moto r Accident Claims Tribunal, Dhubri in MAC Case No. 65/2000. The deceased Khaliluddin died in an accident which occurred on 17/2/2000 . He left behind his mother, his widow, five sons and one daughter. At the time of his death, the deceased was working as Headmaster of Kalairchar L.P. School a nd according to the claimant, his monthly salary was Rs. 6,000/-. The claimant sought compensation of Rs. 10 Lakhs for the death of the de ceased by a claim petition filed on 14/6/2000. The Tribunal framed three issues including whether the claimant is entit led to any compensation and if so, to what extent. While answering this issue, the Tribunal held that the income of the dec eased was Rs. 6296/- per month and the loss of dependency was Rs. 4,500/-. Since the age of the deceased was about 48 years as on the date of the accident, the Tribunal took the multiplier to be 13. The Tribunal assessed the funeral expense s to be Rs. 5000/- and loss of consortium to be Rs. 5000/-. On this basis, the T ribunal awarded an amount of Rs. 7,12,000/- to the claimant. Feeling aggrieved, the claimant is in appeal. Two submissions have been made by the learned counsel for the claimant. First, he has submitted that the claimant is entitled to non-pecuniary damages. Nothing has been stated in the appeal to substantiate this claim and I find from a reading of the claim petition that only a claim of Rs. 30,000/- towards funer al expenses was made by the claimant. As against this the Tribunal has awarded R s. 5,000/- towards funeral expenses and 5,000/- towards loss of consortium. No o ther non-pecuniary damages are claimed. I find no reason to modify the Award mad e by the Tribunal in this regard. Learned counsel for the claimant then submitted that interest has been a warded @ 9% from the date of the Award. It is settled law and it is so admitted by learned counsel for the parti es that interest is to be calculated from the date of filing the claim petition. The claim petition is dated 14/6/2000. The Tribunal awarded interest from the d ate of the Award i.e. 2/9/2002. In this regard, the Tribunal erred in law. While upholding the Award, it is made clear that the claimant would be e ntitled to interest from the date of filing the claim petition i.e. 14/6/2000 an d not from the date of the Award. The appeal stands disposed in the above terms and the Award stands modif ied to the extent indicated above. Trial court’s record be sent back.