GAYA PRASAD AGRAWAL Vs. T.A. REDDY

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE appellants/claimants have filed this appeal for enhancement of the amount of compensation awarded by the III Addl. Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Bastar, Jagdalpur, on 19-4-1994 in Claim Case No. 50/1988.

(2.) THE brief facts are that on 28-2-1988, the truck bearing Regn. No. M.T.G. 4022 dashed the son of the claimants namely Banti, aged about 21 years, who received many injuries and ultimately died in the hospital on the same day. THE claimants filed claim petition claiming compensation to the tune of Rs. 4 lakhs. THE said claim was contested by the respondents.

(3.) ON the other hand, learned Counsel for the respondents opposed these arguments and supported the award passed by the Claims Tribunal.