JUDGMENT :

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

1. This appeal is preferred by the Appellant/Insurance Company, challenging the award dated 05.10.2015 passed in M.V.O.P. No. 270/2012 on the file of Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-I Addl. District Judge, Ongole, wherein the Tribunal while allowing the petition, awarded compensation of Rs. 5,79,068/- with interest @ 6% p.a. from the date of petition, till the date of deposit to the petitioners/claimants, for the death of Shaik Naseema, in a motor vehicle accident.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are arrayed as parties before the Tribunal.

3. As seen from the record, originally the petitioners filed an application U/s. 163 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for brevity “the Act”) claiming compensation of Rs. 3,00,000/- on account of the death of Shaik Naseema, who is the wife of the 1st petitioner, mother of the petitioners No. 2 and 3, in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on 26.06.2011.

4. The facts show that on 26.06.2011 the 1st petitioner engaged the 1st respondent’s tractor and trailer bearing No. AP-26-AJ-1194 and AP-26-AJ-1195 to transport the welding machine and other articles and the 1st petitioner along with deceased Shaik Na