JUDGMENT :

Feeling aggrieved by the order and decree, dated 25.03.2005 in O.P.No. 2436 of 2001, passed by the III Additional Chief Judge, City Civil Courts, Hyderabad, (for short ‘the Tribunal’), the appellant – Insurance Company preferred the present appeal.

2. Vide aforesaid order, the Tribunal has awarded an amount of Rs.2,20,000/- towards compensation to the respondents 1 to 7 - claimants against the owner and insurer of the offending vehicle i.e. lorry bearing No. AP 16 TY 4556 jointly and severally, along with proportionate costs and interest @ 6% per annum from the date of petition till the date of realization, as against the claim of Rs.3,50,000/- laid by the respondents 1 to 7 - claimants for the death of the deceased in a road accident occurred on 28.10.2001.

3. Heard learned standing counsel for the appellant –Insurance Company and the learned counsel for respondents 1 to 7 – claimants.

4. On the analysis of the entire evidence, both oral and documentary, the Tribunal gave a specific finding that the accident has occurred due to the rash and negligent driving of the driv