1) Aggrieved by the Award dated 19-09-2008 in M.V.O.P No.790 of 2007 passed by the M.A.C.T-cum-VIII Additional Chief Judge, Hyderabad (for short “the Tribunal”), the claimants preferred the instant MACMA on the ground of inadequacy of compensation.

2) The factual matrix of the case is thus :

a) The claimants are wife, minor daughters and parents of the deceased—Manaka Prasad. The case of the claimants is that on 13-02-2007 when the deceased along with others was proceeding in an auto bearing No.AP 23 U 5322 from Anajpur towards Gajwel and when they reached near S.C. Wada, Gajwel at about 12.30 P.M. a tractor bearing No.AP 23 K 1691 coming in the opposite direction driven by its driver at high speed and in a rash and negligent manner, dashed the auto and caused the accident. In the resultant accident the claimant and others sustained grievous injuries. Immediately the deceased was shifted to Gandhi Hospital, Musheerabad, Hyderabad where the doctors after examining him declared as dead. Hence, the claimants filed MVOP No.790 of 2007 against respondents 1 and 2 who are the owner and insurer of the offending tractor and claimed Rs.10,00,000/- as compensation under different he