JUDGMENT:

1. Aggrieved by the Judgment and decree dated 23.03.2007 in M.V.O.P. No.284 of 2005 passed by the Chairman, Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-III Additional District Judge, Guntur (for short, "the tribunal"), whereby the tribunal awarded an amount of Rs.50,000/- under no-fault liability, the claimants have preferred the present appeal seeking enhancement of compensation.

2. For convenience, the parties herein will be referred to as arrayed in the M.V.O.P.

3. The claimants have filed a petition under Section 163-A of the Motor Vehicles Act seeking compensation of Rs.2,00,000/- on account of the death of their daughter Shaik Mumtaz Begum, aged 15 years, in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on 24.08.2004. From now on, the said Shaik Mumtaz Begum will be referred to as “the deceased''.

4. It is the case of the claimants that on 24.08.2004, the deceased, along with her mother, were proceeding in an auto bearing No.AP 07 X 8383 (hereinafter referred to as “the offending vehicle”) at 7.00 PM, from Brindavan Gardens to their house at Swarna Bharathi Nagar, Guntur Town, on the way to Dakshinya school, the offending vehicle involved in the accident, as a result of which the dece