JUDGMENT :

The appellants are the second and fourth respondents in M.V.O.P.No.325 of 2007 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal-cum- Principal District Judge, Chittoor and the respondents are the petitioners and respondents 1, 3 and 5 in the said case.

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 claimants filed a Claim Petition under section 166 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 against the respondents praying the Tribunal to award an amount of Rs.12,00,000/- towards compensation on account of death of deceased B.Ethirajulu in a Motor Vehicle Accident occurred on 14.03.2007.

4. The brief averments of the petition are as follows: On 14.03.2007 at about 6.00 a.m. while the deceased B.Ethirajulu, owner-cum-driver of Tata Spacio vehicle bearing No.AP 26 U 7373, was proceeding on Chittoor-Bangalore NH road and when he reached near Mordhanapalle village, the driver of lorry bearing No.KA 07C 2613 drove the same in a rash and negligent manner and dashed against the Spacio vehicle of deceased, resulting which the deceased sustained injuries on his head and all over the body and succumbed to injuri