JUDGMENT :

B.V.L.N. CHAKRAVARTHI, J.

1. This appeal is preferred by the 2nd respondent/Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation challenging the award dated 27.09.2019 passed in M.V.O.P. No. 790/2017 on the file of Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-II Addl. District Judge, West Godavari District at Eluru, wherein the Tribunal while partly allowing the petition, awarded compensation of Rs. 7,44,000/- with interest @ 9% p.a. from the date of petition, till the date of realisation for the death of Kolusu Harish @ Harish Kumar, son of the claimants/petitioners.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are arrayed as parties in the lower Court.

3. As seen from the record, originally the petitioners filed an application U/s. 166 r/w. 455 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for brevity “the Act”) claiming compensation of Rs. 10,00,000/- on account of death of their son Kolusu Harish @ Harish Kumar in a motor vehicle accident occurred on 19.05.2017 at about 06.00 a.m. while the deceased along with his friend Pallapothula Subrahmanyam was returning on Auto bearing No. AP-16TC-2960, by the offending APSRTC Bus bearing No. AP-28Z-1391 driven by the 1st respondent/ driver belonging to the 2nd