JUDGMENT :

This appeal is preferred by the 2nd respondent/TATA AIG General Insurance Company Limited, Hyderabad, challenging the order dated 13.04.2015 passed in M.V.O.P.No.413/2012 on the file of Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-VII Additional District Court, Kakinada, East Godavari District, wherein the Tribunal while partly allowing the petition, awarded compensation of Rs.17,09,200/-with interest @ 7.5% p.a. from the date of petition, till the date of deposit to the petitioners/claimants, for the death of Singampalli Babu Rao, in a motor vehicle accident.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are arrayed as referred before the Tribunal.

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.45,00,000/-on account of the death of Singampalli Babu Rao, who is the husband of the 1st petitioner, father of the petitioners No.2 and 3, in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on 13.05.2012.

4. The facts would show that on 13.05.2012 the 1st respondent along with Singampalli Babu Rao (deceased) as pillion rider went to Jaggampeta on a motor cycle bearing No. AP 05 BW 6532 b