1. This appeal arises out of order dated 13.8.2008, in M.OP.No.873 of 2006 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal-cum-Principal District Judge, Ranga Reddy District at L.B. Nagar, Hyderabad (for short the Tribunal).

2. The appellant is the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC).

3. The brief facts of the case are that the respondents filed the claim petition under Section-166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, claiming compensation of Rs.4 lakhs on account of death of their son-M. Satish (hereinafter referred to as the deceased) in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on 06.6.2005. On the said fateful day, the deceased was travelling along with others in an auto bearing registration No.AP.13.V.5784 from Moinabad and when the said auto reached near REVL Company at Moinabad Mandal, one APSRTC bus bearing registration No.AP.11Z.5646, being driven by its driver in a rash and negligent manner coming in the opposite direction, dashed the said auto, as a result, some of the passengers in the said auto including the deceased died. Hence, the aforesaid MOP was filed by the parents of the deceased claiming compensation of Rs.4 lakhs.

4. Before the Tribunal