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V. GOPALA KRISHNA RAO
Rajeti Samba – Appellant
Versus
Rami Naidu – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Aggrieved by the order dated 27.10.2010 passed by the Chairman, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal-cum-II Additional District Judge (Fast Track Court), Parvathipuram, in M.O.P.No.40 of 2009, whereby the Tribunal dismissed the claim petition against respondent Nos.3 to 5, this instant appeal has been preferred by the appellants/respondent Nos.1 & 2.
2. For the sake of convenience, both the parties in the appeal will be referred to as they are arrayed in the claim petition.
3. The claim petitioners filed the petition under Section 163-A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for short ‘the Act’) claiming compensation of Rs.4,00,000/- for the death of G. Srinivasa Rao, who is husband of 1st petitioner, father of petitioner Nos.2 & 3, and son of 4th petitioner, in a motor vehicle accident that took place on 22.03.2008.
4. Facts germane to dispose of the present appeal may briefly be stated as follows:
On 22.03.2008 the deceased and another were proceeding from Visakhapatnam on a motor cycle bearing registration No.YBX AP 03F 3793 and when they reached near Suresh Residential School, Parvathipuram, at about 18.30 hours, a tractor-trailer bearing registration Nos.AP 35T 7577/4324 being drive
The main legal point established in the judgment is the liability of the insurance company to pay compensation for accidents involving vehicles insured under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, and the cal....
The main legal point established in the judgment is the liability of insurers in cases of negligent driving and the apportionment of compensation in accordance with the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
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