K SREENIVASA REDDY
New India Assurance Co. Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Shaik Mastan – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
K Sreenivasa Reddy, J.
Challenge in this M.A.C.M.A, filed by the appellant herein/ Insurance Company, is to the Award, dated 03.08.2011, in M.V.O.P. No.276 of 2008 on the file of the Chairman, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal – cum – V Additional District Judge, Rayachoty (‘Tribunal’ for short), whereunder the Tribunal, allowed the claim for compensation made by respondent Nos.1 and 2 herein/claimants for a sum of Rs.2,00,000/-, on account of the death of one S.Mubarak (hereinafter referred to, as ‘the deceased’), in a motor vehicle accident occurred on 13.12.2005 at 12.30 p.m.
2. The parties to this M.A.C.M.A. will hereinafter be referred to, as described before the Tribunal, for the sake of convenience.
3. The case of the claimants before the Tribunal, in brief, according to the averments set out in the claim petition, is as follows:
The deceased was aged 8 years, studying First Class in Rayachoty by the time of the accident. On 13.12.2005, at about 12.30 p.m., the deceased came out of school and was playing near Chandra Brick kiln on Rajula Colony-Pemmadapalli-Dullavaripalli metal road in Rayachoty Town; at that time, a tractor bearing registration No.AP04 T 0420 belonged to
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