JUDGMENT :

Heard Sri M.Venkata Ramana Reddy, learned counsel for the appellants/claimants and Smt. A.Jayanthi, learned counsel for the respondent No.2/Insurance Company.

2. This appeal directed by the appellants/claimants challenging the Order and Decree dated 09.09.2010 passed in M.V.O.P.No.147 of 2008 by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-V Additional District Judge, Chittoor at Tirupati (hereinafter referred to ‘Tribunal’).

3. Parties are referred to as they were arrayed in the proceedings before the learned Tribunal, for the sake of convenience.

4. The claimants filed petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for brevity ‘the Act’) claiming compensation of Rs.9,00,000/- towards compensation for the death of one R.Bathi Reddy (hereinafter referred to as ‘deceased’) in a motor accident occurred on 18.10.2007 at about 5.30 AM.

5. The case of the claimants is that the deceased was aged 52 years and eking out his livelihood by working as a bullock-cart owner-cum-driver; on 18.10.2007 at about 5.30 AM the deceased was going on a bullock-cart and reached the place of accident; the respondent No.1/driver of the bus bearing registration No.AP03 W 7007 (hereinafter refe