MOTILAL B. NAIK, J.

( 1 ) APPELLANT herein is the respondent No. 1 in O. P. No. 965 of 1990 on the file of the court of the 1st Additional Special Judge for SPE and acb Cases-cum-Additional Chief Judge, city Civil Court, Hyderabad. The respondents who are the legal representatives of late G. Umamaheshwar Rao, who died in a motor accident on 20. 7. 1989, laid a claim in O. P. No. 965 of 1990 under section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act before the Tribunal below seeking a total compensation of a sum of Rs. 10,00,000.

( 2 ) THE respondent No. 1 herein is the wife and respondent Nos. 2 and 3 are the minor children of the deceased G. Umamaheshwar Rao, who was serving as sub-Manager in Andhra Bank, Bhimadole branch in West Godavari District. He was aged 37 years at the time of his death. On 20. 7. 89 at 8. 30 a. m. , the deceased and his brother G. Suryanarayana Murthy, Manager, Andhra Bank, Mallavaram Branch, west Godavari District were travelling in an autorickshaw bearing No. AHT 8271 to go to Secunderabad Railway Station and on the way near Hockey Stadium Road, the RTC bus bearing No. AAZ 7701 driven by the respondent No. 2 in the O. P. , in a rash and negligent manner hit the autoric

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