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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI
V. SUJATHA
Rgico Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
C. Visveswara Rao – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
V. SUJATHA, J.
1. Aggrieved by the impugned award passed in M.V.O.P.No.53 of 2014 on the file of the Chairman, Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-XV Additional District Judge, Nuzvid whereby the Tribunal awarded an amount of Rs.26,22,000/- towards total compensation to the claimants, this instant appeal is preferred by the Insurance company (respondent No.2 before the Tribunal).
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 Sections 140 and 166 of the MOTOR VEHICLES ACT claiming compensation of Rs.40,00,000/- towards compensation for the death of the Ch.Prakash (herein after referred to as “deceased”) who died in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on 10.06.2012. Petitioner Nos.1 and 2 are the parents of the deceased.
4. The brief averments of the claim petition are as follows:
On 09.06.2012, the deceased Ch.Prakash along with his friends viz. P.Pradeep Kumar, K.Tirumalesh, Sriramula Ramesh left for Mumbai from Hyderabad in a vehicle AP 09 BX 6334 driven by Syed Abdullah. On 10.06.2012 during return journey to Hyderabad, when the car reached Bomb
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