^ \°> iON'i SHRI SUNSL KUMAR SINHA, 1. Ravi Das S/o Satyanand Das, Aged about 35 yrs. Occupation Raj Mistri 2. Basanti das W/o Ravl Das Aged about 35 yrs. 3. Minor Anju Das D/o Ravi Das Aged about 14 Yrs. 4. Minor Manju Das D/o Ravi Das Aged about 10 Yrs. inor Gayatri sed 4 Yrs. s D/'o Ravi Das Appetiant 3,4 & 5 through their natural guardian Father Ravi Das Mahant, S/o Satyanand Aged about 35 Yrs. Occupation Raj Mistri Al! are R/o village - Mi Hiranagar, Raigarh, Tah. & Distt;. Raigarh (C.G.) SOI Ramesh Kumar Tandon S/o Damru 'andon Aged about: unknown Occupation - Driver R/o Village : Darramuda, Tah.- Raigarh, Distt.- Raigarh (C.G.) (Driver of the offending vehicle) Preet Pal Singh Tuteja S/o Amolak Singh Tuteja, Aged about unknown R/o Handi Chowk, Tahsil - Raigarh, District - Raigarh (C.G.) •ssss^ger^ / & . ":il ^ ITtJ !!S^IS!S^- •}-•o 3. The Oriental Insurance Company Limited. Through Branch Manager, The Oriental Insurance Company Limited, itwari Bazar, Raigarh (C.G.) Shri, Pushpendra Kumar Patel, learned counsei for the appellants. ler of the Court was Shri Pushpendra Kumar Patel, leamed counsel for the appeltants is heard OR admission. 2. The appellants have filed this appeal for enhancement of compensation awarded by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Raigarh (for short "the Tribunal"), vide award dated 29-04-2008, passed in Ciaim Case No.44/2007. 3. As against the compensation of Rs.38,75,000/- claimed by the claimants for the death of deceased Sanjay Das, a boy aged about 6 years in the motor accident on 01-04-2007 when he was dashed by the offending vehicle Tractor bearing registration No. CG 13 A/4807, the Tribunal awarded a total sum of Rs.1,03,000/- aiong with interest @ 6% per annum as compensation to the claimants. 4. Shri appellants awardina low ndra Kumar Patel, learned counsel for the ly argued that the Tribunal has erred in ion of Rs.1,03,000/- onlv. y-^^ /!r^ •¥ ... (^ The compensation of Rs.1,03, 5. to the claimants for the death of deceased d about 6 years, when examined Apex Court in the case of O; )/- awsrded by the Tribunal Sanjay Das, a child the context of the dictum of 3S5 (SC), Vi/herein the Apex Court found that the compensation of Rs.51,500/- awarded by the Tribunal for the death of a chitd aged about 7 years was appropriate and the enhancement by the High Court in the said case to Rs.1,52,000/- was unjustified, we are satisfied, is just and proper compensation in the facts and circumstances of the present case. 6. . We, therefore, do not flnd any ground for enhancement of the compensation awarded bvthe Tribunal. 7. The appeal, therefore, is liable to be dismissed and is hereby dismissed summarily. .-.-..—— Sd/- Chief Justice Sd/- Sunil Kumar Sinha Judee subbu