JUDGMENT :

1. Aggrieved by the order dated 11.01.2012 in M.V.O.P. No.86 of 2010 passed by the Chairman, Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-District Judge, at Rajahmundry (for short ‘the tribunal’), the claimants filed this appeal seeking reconsideration of the conclusion arrived by the Tribunal in respect of contributory negligence on the part of the deceased and for enhancement of compensation.

2. For convenience, hereinafter, the parties will be referred to as per their rankings in the M.V.O.P.

3. The claimants filed a claim petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, claiming a compensation amount of Rs.8,00,000/- for the untimely death of Duvvarapu Satyanarayana in a road accident that occurred on 29.10.2009. The 1st claimant is the wife, claimants 2 and 3 are the minor children, and claimants 4 and 5 are the parents of the said Duvvarapu Satyanarayana.

4. The claimant's case is that on 29.10.2009 at about 5.30 PM, the said Duvvarapu Satyanarayana was proceeding on his motorcycle towards Sidantham village from Ravulapalem when he reached Mallayyadoddi Village o