1. The 2nd respondent-insurance company, in the claim petition, filed this appeal having been aggrieved by the Order/Award of the learned Chairman of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal–cum-IV Additional District Judge, Kurnool, (for short, ’Tribunal’) in M.V.O.P.No.653 of 2008 dated 01.07.2011, awarding compensation of Rs.25,000/-(Rupees Twenty five thousand only) with interest at 9% per annum as against the claim of the claimant of Rs.1,00,000/-(Rupees one lakh only), in the claim petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 (for short, ‘the Act’).

2. Heard Sri T. Mahender Rao, the learned standing counsel for the appellant-insurance company. The respondent No.1 unserved and the respondent No.2 served but not appeared and thus taken as heard to decide on merits. Perused the material on record. The parties hereinafter are referred to as arrayed before the Tribunal for the sake of convenience in the appeal.

3. The contentions in the grounds of appeal as well as oral submissions by the appellant-insurance company in nutshell are that the Judgment and decree of the Tribunal is contrary to law, weight of evidence and probabilities of the case and ought to have dis