JUDGMENT :

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

1. The appeal in MACMA No. 1849/2012 is preferred by the 2nd respondent/National Insurance Company Limited, Nellore, challenging the order dated 26.03.2011 passed in M.V.O.P. No. 254/2006 on the file of Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-Prl. District Judge, Nellore, wherein the Tribunal partly allowing the petition, awarded a compensation of Rs. 3,71,000/- with interest @ 7.5% p.a. from the date of petition, till the date of realisation, for the death of Chillara Gopalakrishna Murthy in a motor vehicle accident.

2. The appeal in MACMA No. 906/2016 is preferred by the claimants/petitioners, challenging the same order and sought for enhancement of the compensation amount.

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

4. As seen from the record, the claim petition was filed U/s. 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for brevity “the Act”) claiming compensation of Rs. 6,00,000/- on account of the death of Chillara Gopalakrishna Murthy, in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on 07.05.2005.

5. The facts would show that on 07.05.2005 the deceased Chillara Gopalakrishna Murthy and two others along with Ch. Sridhar