JUDGMENT :

DUPPALA VENKATA RAMANA, J.

1. This appeal under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for short ‘M.V. Act’) has been filed by the appellant/Insurer challenging the judgment and award dated 27.02.2006 delivered by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-District Judge, Kadapa in M.V.O.P. No. 308 of 2003 granting compensation of a sum of Rs. 1,40,000/- along with interest @ 7.5% per annum thereon from the date of filing of the petition till the date of deposit of the compensation amount to the claimant on account of injuries sustained by the claimant in a road accident occurred at Kadapa-Rayachoti Main Road on 02.12.2002.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to as they are arrayed before the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (hereinafter referred to as “the Tribunal”).

3. The factual context of the case is as follows:

(a) On 02.12.2002 the petitioner and her husband while returning from Kadapa to their village after getting treatment on their Hero Honda motorcycle, the petitioner was the pillion rider and her husband was riding the motorcycle, at about