JUDGMENT :

The motor vehicle accident that occurred on 24.03.2006 at about 9.00 A.M., in the limits of Chowdarpalli village is the common subject matter in these appeals and, therefore, they are analogously heard and taken up for disposal by this common judgment.

2. The brief facts of the case are as under :

On 24.03.2006 while the injured in O.P.No.224 of 2006 and the deceased in O.P.No.497 of 2006 along with other students were proceeding to college in the auto rickshaw bearing No.AP22U 7460 and when the auto reached near the college gate at about 9.00 AM., the driver of a tractor-trailor bearing No.KA-33/T-2630 & 2631, drove it in high speed, in a rash and negligent manner and dashed the auto in opposite direction, due to which, the inmates of the auto sustained injuries and the deceased died while undergoing treatment.

MACMA No.601 of 2011

3. Alleging that the accident occurred due to the rash and negligent driving by the driver of tractor-trailor, the injured, Mohammed Saleem Baba, filed O.P.No.224 of 2006 before the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal-cum-District Judge, Mahabubnagar, (for short, ‘the Tribunal’), against respondent No.1-owner, and respondent No.2-insurer of tractor-tra