JUDGMENT :

This MACMA is directed by the New India Assurance Company Limited, which was shown as third respondent in M.V.O.P.No.232 of 2004, on the file of Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-I Additional District Judge, Kurnool (“Tribunal” for short), against the award, dated 28.02.2007, where under the Tribunal as against the claim of the petitioner for a sum of Rs.1,00,000/- towards damages of the Car in a motor vehicle accident occurred on 30.7.2003, awarded a sum of Rs.50,000/-.

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

3) The original claim before the Tribunal under Section 166 of the M.V. Act was for claiming compensation of Rs.1,00,000/-. The case of the petitioner as set out before the Tribunal, in brief, is that on 30-07-2003 the petitioner was proceeding to Hyderabad from Kurnool with his family members in his car bearing No.AP-28-N-9899. When it reached near Tadbun Cross Roads, near Bahadurpurah, a lorry bearing No.AP-16-T-3961 (hereinafter will be referred to as “offending vehicle”) came with full speed in a rash and negligent manner and ran into the rear portion of the car. On account of the