JUDGMENT :

Feeling aggrieved by the judgment and decree dated 16.03.2006 in O.P. No.289 of 2002 passed by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal - cum - District Judge, Nizamabad (for short ‘the Tribunal’), the petitioners preferred the present appeal.

2. Vide the aforesaid judgment the Tribunal dismissed the claim petition filed by the appellants - petitioners against respondent Nos.1 and 2, owner and insurer of lorry bearing registration No.AP-25/T 4645, seeking compensation of Rs.10,00,000/- on account of death of Rajender Kumar.

3. Heard Mr. V. Ravi Kiran Rao, learned counsel for the appellants - petitioners and Mr. S. Agastya Sharma, learned counsel for respondent No.2 - Insurer. It is relevant to note that the above appeal was dismissed for default by this Court vide order dated 29.06.2016 against respondent No.1.

4. According to the appellants - petitioners, on 22.11.2000, P. Rajender Kumar, after meeting his parents in Bodhan and thereafter his friend in Sadasivnagar village at about 10.00 p.m. while he was waiting for private buses to go to Hyderabad from Sadasivnagar village, lorry bearing registration No. AP-25T-4645 driven by its driver in a rash and negligent driving and at h