DARSHANI DEVI Vs. NEW INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LTD

JUDGEMENT

(1.) B. C. Kandpal, J. This appeal under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act has been filed by the appel lants/claimants against the judgment and award dated 30. 11. 2007 passed by Mo tor Accident Claim Tribunal/district Judge, Chamoli in M. A. C. No. 8 of 2007.

(2.) BRIEF facts of the case are that on 18. 12. 2006, Sri Khushal Singh (deceased) was going on foot from Nand Prayag to Kasba Ghat on the side of the road. At about 04:30 p. m. , a truck bearing regis tration No. UA04d/7421, which was be ing driven by its driver in a very rash and negligent manner, hit Khushal Singh due to which he died at the spot. At the time of the death, the deceased was 43 years of age and working as Divisional Forest Development Manager, Badrinath and also doing the agricultural work from which he used to earn Rs. 10. 000/- per month. The claimants are the dependent upon the deceased, hence filed claim pe tition before the Tribunal for a sum of Rs. 15,10,000/- as compensation.

(3.) HEARD Sri Vijay Khanduri, learned counsel for appellants, Sri RC. Maulekhi, learned counsel for the respondent No. 1, Sri Sarvesh Agarwal, learned counsel for the respondent No. 2 on the point of ad mission and perused the record.