JUDGMENT :

This appeal is preferred by 2nd respondent/Insurance company challenging the award dated 25.02.2019 passed in M.V.O.P.No.554 of 2015 on the file of Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-Prl. District Judge, Kurnool, wherein the Tribunal while allowing the claim petition, awarded compensation of Rs.12,74,600/- with interest @ 7% p.a., from the date of petition till the date of realization, to the petitioners for the death of the deceased Nellipogu Amadaguntla Dasthagiri @ N.Dasthagiri.

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

3. As seen from the record, originally, the petitioners filed an application U/s 166 (1) (c) of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for brevity “the Act”) claiming compensation of Rs.10,00,000/- with interest and costs on account of the death of the deceased in a motor accident occurred on 06.08.2015 at about 2.00 a.m., near K.C. Canal Culvert at the outskirts of Kurnool while the deceased along with a pillion rider was going on a motor cycle from G.Singavaram village to his native village, Parla, under the jurisdiction of Kurnool Taluk Police Station.

4. The facts of the case, in brief, are that the deceased worked as