D. REDDEPPA REDDI, J.

( 1 ) THE New India Assurance Company Limited, represented by its Branch manager, Khammam, the insurer of the lorry bearing No. ATK 9543 has preferred these two appeals under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for short the Act ) against the common judgment dt. 28-3-1990 in OP. Nos. 456/88 and 637/88 on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (District Judge), Khammam, directing it to pay the claimant in OP. No. 456/88 a sum of Rs. 1,40,000/- and the claimants in OP. No. 637/88 a sum of Rs. 3,28,500/ -.

( 2 ) THE petitioner, namely, Dorredla Satyanarayana in O. P. No. 456/88 is the driver of the insured vehicle. The petitioners in OP. No. 637/88 are the widow, minor children, brothers, sister and father of Ponnapolu Venkateswara Rao, the owner of the insured lorry. The accident occurred around 4 a. m. on 8-5-1988 at the outskirts of Wyra on the route Madhira-Wyra, resulting in grievous injuries to the driver and instantaneous death of the owner, who was also travelling in the vehicle. The applications for compensation were filed under Section 110-A r/w Section 92-A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, which was repealed by Section 217 of the Act

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