JUDGMENT

1. Heard Sri B.Parameswara Rao, learned counsel for appellants/claimants and Sri T.Sri Charan, learned counsel for 1st respondent and Sri G.Srinivasu, learned counsel for the 2nd respondent/Insurance Company.

2. The appeal is directed by the claimants against the judgment and decree dated 20.07.2010 passed in M.V.O.P.No.134/2009 on the file of Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-VIII Addl.District Judge, Guntur.

3. For the sake of convenience, the parties are arrayed as parties before the learned Tribunal.

4. The appellants/claimants are the parents of the deceased filed claim petition U/s.166 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 claiming compensation of Rs.2,00,000/- for the death of their son Dasari Charles Bobby in a motor vehicle accident.

5. The case of the claimants is that on 29.04.2008 at about 10.30 p.m. the deceased Dasari Charles Bobby and his friend boarded an auto bearing No.AP 07Y 2169 (offending vehicle) to go to Guntur; they reached a place near Crane Nut Powder Company at Potturu village; the driver of auto drove the vehicle in a rash and negligent manner, dashed dead buffaloes; as a result, the auto turned turtle, the deceased and his friend sustained grievous injuries