ORDER

Noushad Ali, President. - These two appeals arise out of the same order passed by the District Consumer Forum-II, Chittoor at Tirupathi dated 1.12.2015 in C.C. No. 23/2015. FA No. 1/2016 is filed by the Opposite Parties against the award passed against them to pay compensation to the complainant, while FA 240/2016 is filed by the complainant for enhancement of compensation.

2. Since the Opposite Parties have challenged the very liability fastened against them, FA 1/2016 filed by them is taken up for consideration in the first place. The parties are referred to as the complainant and the Opposite Parties as arrayed in the complaint for the sake of convenience.

3. The complainant is the owner of a light motor vehicle (goods carriage) bearing Registration No, AP03TB0702. He purchased the said vehicle on 7.10.2011 for a price of Rs. 6,01,724, purportedly for transporting daily needs to his Yoga Ashram near Tirupathi, Chittoor district.

4. After plying the vehicle without any problem for about 4 years, in February 2015 the complainant gave the vehicle to Opposite Party No. 1 which is an authorized sales and service centre of Mahindra Company at Nellore for servicing and for certain