JUDGMENT :

1. Aggrieved by the order dated 11.12.2007 in MVOP No.224 of 2006 passed by the Chairman, Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-II Additional District Judge, Ongole (for short 'the Tribunal'), the 3rd respondent National Insurance Company, represented by its Branch Manager, has preferred this appeal questioning the award passed by the Tribunal.

2. The parties will be referred to as arrayed in the MVOP for convenience.

3. The petitioners filed the claim application under Section 163-A and 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act claiming a compensation amount of Rs.4,00,000/-for the death of Petluri Sreenivasa Rao (hereinafter be referred to as 'deceased') in a motor vehicle that occurred on 06.12.2005.

4. The 1st claimant is the mother, and claimants 2 and 3 are the deceased's grandparents. The husband of the 1st claimant was murdered. The claimant's case is that on 06.12.2005 during night hours, the deceased, after completing his work at the shop, was going to his village Renangivaram on his two-wheeler, a car bearing No.AP27A3564 (hereinafter referred to as 'offending vehicle), driven by its driver rashly and negligently dashed against the deceased’s two-wheeler and caused the accident