JUDGMENT

1. Aggrieved by the impugned order dtd. 30/11/2011 on the file of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal -cum-IV Additional District Judge, Visakhapatnam, passed in M.V.O.P.No.1327 of 2010, whereby the Tribunal dismissed the claim of claimants, the instant appeal is preferred by the appellants-claimants claiming the compensation amount.

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 claimants filed a Claim Petition under Sec. 166 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 against the respondents praying the Tribunal to award an amount of Rs.21,22,000.00 towards compensation on account of death of the deceased Sadaram Surya Venkata Apparao, in a Motor Vehicle Accident occurred on 3/7/2007.

4. Facts germane to dispose of this appeal may be briefly stated as follows:

On 3/7/2007, the first petitioner along with her husband Sadaram Surya Venkata Apparao, hereinafter referred to as 'deceased', and their two daughters, were proceeding on their motor cycle bearing No.AP 31 AP 7228, ridden by the deceased and they were returning after attending a dinner at the house of the friend of the deceased in 104 Area, when the