JUDGMENT :

This M.A.C.M.A. is directed against the award, dated 11.12.2019 in M.V.OP.No.132 of 2018, on the file of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal-cum-IX Additional District Judge, Chittoor (“Tribunal” for short), by the unsuccessful third respondent/Insurance Company.

2. The parties to this MACMA will hereinafter be referred to as described before the learned Tribunal for the sake of convenience.

3. The respondent Nos.1 and 2 herein are the claimants in M.V.O.P.No.132 of 2018, who filed the claim under Section 166 of Motor Vehicles Act, seeking to award compensation of Rs.20,00,000/- for the death of their son in the motor vehicle accident, in which the Auto bearing Registration No.A.P.03-TE-7934 (“offending vehicle” for short) involved and the first respondent was the driver and the second respondent was the owner.

4. The case of the claimants, in brief, as set out before the learned Tribunal, is that the claimants are the parents of one V.J. Vighnesh (hereinafter will be referred to as “deceased”). The first respondent was the driver of offending vehicle. The second respondent was the owner of the said offending vehicle. The third respondent was the insurer of the second respondent