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V. GOPALA KRISHNA RAO
Shaik Kalesha – Appellant
Versus
B. Sreenivasa Rao – Respondent
JUDGMENT
V.GOPALA KRISHNA RAO, J. - Aggrieved by the impugned order dtd. 19/3/2012 on the file of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal -cum- V Additional District Judge (Fast Track Court), Ongole, passed in M.V.O.P.No.368 of 2010, whereby the Tribunal has partly allowed the claim against the respondents 2 to 6, the instant appeal is preferred by the appellants/ claimants for enhancement of claim 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.4, 00, 000.00 towards compensation on account of death of deceased Shaik Khadar Bee in a Motor Vehicle Accident occurred on 12/7/2007.
4. Facts germane to dispose of this appeal may be briefly stated as follows:
Petitioners 1 and 2 are the sons and petitioner No.3 is daughter of Smt Shaik Khadar Bee, hereinafter referred to as 'deceased'. The deceased and her husband went to Hyderabad to their relatives house and when they were at Hyderabad, they heard about the death of their relative by name Masthan Vali. On 12
The legal representatives of the deceased have a right to apply for compensation, and even married and earning sons have a right to apply for compensation, rejecting the limitation of claim towards c....
The main legal point established in the judgment is the determination of compensation in a motor vehicle accident case under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, considering factors such as rash and neglige....
The entitlement of non-dependent heirs as legal representatives to claim compensation under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act.
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