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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI
A.HARI HARANADHA SARMA
Kalluri Kallaiah S/O Subbarayudu – Appellant
Versus
Aremanda Sudhakar – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
A. Hari Haranadha Sarma, J.
1. Claimants in M.V.O.P.No.805 of 2009 on the file of the Chairman, Motor Vehicle Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-XI Additional District and Sessions Judge (Fast Track Court), Guntur at Tenali (for short “the learned MACT”), feeling dissatisfied with the quantum of compensation awarded in a sum of Rs.87,500/-, filed the present appeal questioning the just and adequate nature of compensation.
2. The claim was laid seeking compensation for the death of one Kalluri Koteswaramma in a motor vehicle accident. Claimant No.1 is the husband and claimant Nos.2 to 4 are the sons of the deceased.
3. Respondent No.1 is the owner of the Auto bearing No.AP 07 TT 9032 (hereinafter referred to as “the offending vehicle”) and Respondent No.2 is the insurer.
4. For the sake of convenience, the parties will be hereinafter referred to as “the claimants” and “the respondents” as and how they are arrayed before the learned MACT.
Case of the claimants:
5(i). On 17.06.2009 at about 11:00 a.m., while the deceased was travelling as a pillion rider on a motorcycle near Mamillapalli cross road within the limits of Ponnur Rural Police Station, the offending vehicle, driven by its d
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In motor vehicle accident claims, liability determined based on preponderance of probabilities; unrelated benefits received by claimants do not reduce compensation for wrongful death.
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