S. S. M. QUADRI, J.

( 1 ) THIS is an appeal under Sec. 110-D of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (old Act ). The General Manager, APSRTC, who is redesignated as the Managing Director, APSRTC, is the appellant. The appeal is filed against the order and decree of the Additional District Judge-cum-Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Tirupati in O. P. 873/87 dated 14-8-1989. By the decree under appeal, the Tribunal awarded a total compensation of Rs. 1,99,600. 00. The amount of Rs. 15,000. 00, already paid under Sec. 92a of the Act, has been deducted from the total amount and the balance of Rs. 1,84,600 / - has been awarded to the claimants with costs and subsequent interest at 12 per cent per annum from the date of the petition till realisation. The claim came to be granted in the following circumstances :

( 2 ) ON 18-4-1987, at about 7-30 PM, one Shri Selvaraj was going on a bicycle with a pillion rider. At that time one RTC bus bearing No. AAZ 6252 alleged to have come at a high speed without blowing horn and dashed against the bicycle due to which Selvaraj fell down and died due to multiple injuries. His wife, three children and parents viz. , respondents 1 to 6 herein filed O. P. 873 of 19

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