JUDGMENT :

1. Aggrieved by the order dated 22.10.2010 in M.V.O.P. No.192 of 2008 passed by the Chairman, Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-III Additional District Judge, Tirupati (for short 'the Tribunal'),the National Insurance Company Limited rep., by its Divisional Manager, Tirupati, who is the 2nd Respondent in M.V.O.P. preferred this appeal questioning the Award passed by the Tribunal and the liability fastened on it.

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

3. The claimants filed a petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, claiming compensation of Rs.9,74,000/- on account of the death of K. Balakrishnama Naidu @ Balakrishna (hereinafter will be referred to as ‘the deceased’) in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on 23.04.2007 at 11.15 AM on Renigunta-Tirupati main road at Patel Wood Works.

4. It is not in dispute that the 1st claimant is the wife, and the claimants 2 and 3 are the children of the deceased.

5. The claimant's case is that on 23.04.2007 at about 11.15 AM, the lorry b