JUDGMENT :

B.V.L.N. CHAKRAVARTHI, J.

1. This appeal is preferred by the Appellant/Insurance Company, challenging the award dated 13.04.2015 passed in M.V.O.P. No. 182/2012 on the file of Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-Prl. District Judge, East Godavari District at Rajahmundry, wherein the Tribunal while allowing the petition, awarded compensation of Rs.9,38,500/- with interest @ 8% p.a. from the date of petition, till the date of realisation to the petitioners/claimants, for the death of Appikonda Lova Babu, in a motor vehicle accident.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are arrayed as parties in the lower Court.

3. As seen from the record, originally the petitioners filed an application U/s.166 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for brevity “the Act”) claiming compensation of Rs.9,00,000/- on account of the death of Appikonda Lova Babu, who is the husband of the 1st petitioner, father of the petitioners No. 2 to 4, and son of the petitioners No. 5 and 6, in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on 08.01.2012.

4. The facts show that on 08.01.2012 at about 08.00 p.m. the lorry bearing registration No. AP 26X 6667 going from Vissannapeta side towards Vemsoor being driven by the 1