( 1 ) THIS Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 173 (1) of the Motor Vehicles act, 1988 by respondent No. 4 in O. P. No. 148 of 1998 on the file of the Motor Vehicles accident Claims Tribunal-cum-Additional district Judge, Adilabad.

( 2 ) THE appellant-4th respondent is the United India Insurance Company Limited, represented by its Divisional Manager, divisional Office, Adilabad.

( 3 ) THE facts in brief are as specified here under: the parents of the deceased Gorla Laxmi filed O. P. , claiming compensation stating that the said deceased Gorla Laxmi was travelling in a jeep bearing registration no. AP. 1. 8331 on 17-10-1997 from Boath towards Adilabad and 1st respondent, the driver of the jeep, drove the jeep in a high speed and in a rash and negligent manner and as a result, the jeep went out of control and dashed to a lorry bearing no. AP. 7v. 4579 coming in the opposite direction near Devapur Cross Roads on the national Highway No. 7 at about 1. 10 p. m. , and due to the said accident, on person died on the spot and the deceased Gorla Laxmi sustained grievous injuries and she was shifted to Government Hospital, Adilabad, where she succumbed to the