B. SESHASAYANA REDDY, J :These two civil miscellaneous appeals are directed against the judgment dated 25.7.2003 passed in O.P. No.549 of 2001 on the file of ill Chairman, Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Tribunal-cum-ill Additional District Judge, Karinmagar, whereby and whereunder the learned Tribunal partly allowed the petition filed by the claimants under Section 166(1)(c) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for short, 'the Act') and awarded compensation of Rs.10,83,000/- with interest @ 9% per annum from the 'date of the petition till the date of realisation.

2. Background facts in a nutshell leading to filing of these two civil miscellaneous appeals are: Repaka Prasad Rao was an Assistant Engineer in AP TRANSCO drawing a salary of Rs.17,106/- per month. On 4.11.1999 at about 8.00 p.m. he was riding a scooter from Pothkapalli to Peddapalli. Poldasari Komuraiah parked tractor/trail or bearing Nos.AP 15 T 8392/8393 in the outskirts of Rangampalli on the middle of the road without any indications such as putting on parking lights. The 1 Scooterist-Repaka Prasad Rao could not t notice the stationed tractor/trailor and thereby dashed the trailor from behind r and fell down and sustained i

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