JUDGMENT :

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

1. This appeal is preferred by the Appellant/Insurance Company, challenging the award dated 01.05.2015 passed in M.V.O.P. No. 9/2013 on the file of Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-X Addl. District Judge, Piler, wherein the Tribunal while allowing the petition, awarded compensation of Rs. 9,10,000/- with interest @ 9% p.a. from the date of petition, till the date of realisation to the petitioners/claimants, for the death of M. Diwakar Reddy, in a motor vehicle accident.

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

3. As seen from the record, originally the petitioners filed an application U/s. 166 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for brevity “the Act”) claiming compensation of Rs. 5,00,000/- on account of the death of M. Diwakar Reddy, who is husband of the 1st petitioner, and father of the petitioners No. 2 and 3 in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on 02.10.2010.

4. The facts show that on 02.10.2010 the deceased M. Diwakar Reddy had gone to Marripadu village on his Bajaj CT motor cycle bearing No. AP-03H-9854 along with one Patan Syed Valli to purchase paddy. After completion of transaction, when they w