JUDGMENT 1. - These appeals have been set down for hearing and are being decided by this common order as the facts and law relating to these appeals are common.Claimants are parents of the victim children upto to the age of 15 years wherein certain awards have been passed by the concerned Motor Accident Claims Tribunals which have no uniformity. Awards determined by the Tribunals which have no uniformity. Awards determined by the Tribunal have been challenged on the ground that the judgments delivered by the Supreme Court in death cases arising out of the vehicular accidents have not been followed by the Tribunals for determining the just compensation. 2. The Tribunals have awarded compensation in the case of child death upto the age of 5 years Rs. 35,000/- to 75,000/- in different claim petitions and in the case of child death in the age group of 5 to 10 years from Rs. 50,000/- to Rs. 1,02,000/- and in the age group of 10 to 15 years, Rs. 1,00,000/- to Rs. 2,00,000/-. 3. Heard the learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. 4. Similar grounds were agitated by the learned counsel for the parties in number of appeals which have been decided by a common judgment dated 24.5.2007. 5. Learned counsel for the appellants has drawn the attention of the Court upon the judgment delivered by the Supreme Court in case title Lata Wadhwa and others v. State of Bihar and others reported in 2001 ACJ 1735 emphasising that the ratio of this judgment may be made applicable for determining compensation. The Court has already rejected its application for determining the compensation in the cases arising out of Motor Accident in its judgment delivered in a bunch of appeals. However, the Court relying upon the judgment of the Supreme Court delivered in New India Assurance Co. Ltd. v. Satender and others reported in 2007(1) TAC 11 (SC) has disposed of the appeals holding the claimants entitled to the following compensation :(1) The claimants of the victim child in the age group upto 5 years shall be entitled to compensation to a sum of Rs; One lac.(2) The claimants of victim child in the age group of 5 to 10 years shall be entitled to a sum of Rs.
1,80,000/-.(3) The claimants of the victim child in the age group of 10 to 15 years shall be entitled to compensation to a sum of Rs. 2,25,000/-. 6. learned counsel for the appellants have submitted that in some of the appeals, deceased victim is of the age group of 15 to 25 years. Their plea is that if this amount could be awarded to non earning member, the award of earning member could not be less than what has been awarded to the non earning member. The appellants shall be satisfied if the award granted to the victim child of the age group of 10 to 15 is awarded to them also. There is substance in the plea. Accordingly, such appellants are held entitle to Rs. 2,25,000/- as compensation. 7. The appellants shall also be entitled to interest @ 7.5% per annum from the date of filing of the claim petitions instead of what has been awarded by the Tribunal. 8. The impugned awards wherein the compensation has been awarded more to that which has been granted by this order are set aside to that extent. 9. The impugned awards wherein the compensation has been enhanced by his order shall be treated to have been allowed and the impugned awards shall stand modified. 10. These appeals are disposed of with the observation that the directions issued in S.B. Civil Misc. Appeal No. 768/1999 Smt. Malti and others v. M.K. Vasu and others decided on 24.5.2007 shall be applicable to. the claimants herein also.Appeals disposed of. *******