JUDGMENT :

1. This appeal is filed by the appellants-claimants aggrieved by the Judgment and Decree dated 03.07.2006 passed in O.P.No.2723 of 2003 by the XXII Additional Chief Judge-cum-Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, City Criminal Court at Hyderabad (for short, the Tribunal).

2. The brief facts of the case are that appellant No.1 is the husband and appellant No.2 is the mother of the deceased, E.Radha. On 01.03.2003, while the deceased and her husband were proceeding on scooter bearing No.AP13A 6282 towards Hyderguda side, and when they reached near Mehidipatnam Kaman, an RTC bus bearing No.AEZ 290 came in a rash and negligent manner with high speed and hit the scooter from its back. In the said accident, the deceased fell down and came under rear wheel of the bus and sustained grievous injuries. Immediately, she was shifted to Apollo Hospital for treatment, but she died while undergoing treatment. The claimants filed aforesaid OP claiming compensation of Rs. 4,00,000/- against the respondent-RTC for the death of the deceased.

3. Before the Tribunal, the respondent filed counter denying the averments of the claim petition and contended that the amount claimed is excessive and prayed