JUDGMENT :

1. The appellant is 3rd respondent/Insurance company and the respondents are claim petitioners and respondent Nos.1 & 2 in M.V.O.P.No.67 of 2009 on the file of the Chairman, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal-cum-District Judge, Chittoor. The appellant filed the appeal questioning the legal validity of the order of the Tribunal.

2. For the sake of convenience, both the parties in the appeal will be referred to as they are arrayed in the claim application.

3. The claim petitioners filed the petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 read with Rules 455 and 475 of the A.P.M.V. Rules, 1989 claiming compensation of Rs.19,00,000/- for the death of their son, namely, Y. Manohar, in a motor vehicle accident that took place on 09.10.2008.

4. The brief averments in the petition filed by the petitioners are as follows:

On 09.10.2008 at about 7.15 p.m. the deceased was going on his TVS Star City motor cycle bearing registration No.AP 03AA 2477 towards Palamaner and when he reached near C.K.Babu Colony, a Bajaj Tempo (Trax) bearing registration No.TN 38B 1967 being driven by its driver in a rash and negligent manner came from Chennai and dashed the motor cycle of the deceased