JUDGMENT :

1. Aggrieved by the order dated 30.12.2011 in M.V.O.P. No.309 of 2007 passed by the Chairman, Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-IV Additional District Judge, Tirupati, the claimants in the M.V.O.P. No.309 of 2007 filed M.A.C.M.A. No.546 of 2012. In contrast, the 2nd respondent-United India Insurance Company Limited, Tirupati, has filed M.A.C.M.A. No.851 of 2012. As both appeals arise out of the orders passed in M.V.O.P. No.309 of 2007, both appeals are disposed of by common Judgment.

2. For the sake of convenience, hereinafter, the parties will be referred to as per their rankings in the M.V.O.P. as claimants and respondents.

3. The claimants have filed a claim petition under Section 163-A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, claiming a compensation amount of Rs.5,00,000/- for the death of K. Revathi, daughter of petitioners, in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on 06.01.2007. The said K. Revathi would hereinafter be referred to as 'the deceased’.

4. The claimant's case is on 06.01.2007 at about 8.00 AM, while Revathi and some others proceeded on a Tractor and Trailer bearing No.AP03-T-7802 and 7803 (hereinafter referred to as 'the offending vehicle') as coolies, and when