ORDER :

1. The appellants are claim petitioners and the respondents are respondents in M.V.O.P. No. 569 of 2010 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal-cum-Principal District Judge, Guntur.

2. For the sake of convenience, both the parties in the appeal will be referred to as they are arrayed in the claim application.

3. The claim petitioners filed a claim petition under Sections 140, 141 and 163-A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 against the respondents praying the Tribunal to award an amount of Rs.11,00,000/- towards compensation for the death of Kajjam Venkateswarlu in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on 05.08.2006.

4. The brief averments of the claim petition are as follows:

On 05.08.2006 at about 6.00 p.m. while the deceased Venkateswarlu was riding his scooter bearing registration No. AP 7B 1209 from Anumula to Halia, a lorry bearing registration No. AP 27V 4554 being driven by its driver in a rash and negligent manner at high speed without following traffic rules, came and hit the scooter from backside, as a result, the deceased sustained severe head injury and multiple injuries and while undergoing treatment, succumbed to injuries on 12.09.2006. The 1st respondent