JUDGMENT:

Aggrieved by the quantum of compensation awarded, the claimants/petitioners filed this appeal against the decree and order dt.03.01.2015 passed in MVOP.No.934 of 2012 on the file of the Chairman, Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-XIII Additional District and Sessions Judge, Ranga Reddy District.

2. The claim petition is filed seeking compensation of Rs.65,00,000/- for the death of one P. Sandeep/deceased who died in a road accident on 07.11.2012 at Gurunanak Engineering College, Campus, Ibrahimpatnam.

3. The claimants/petitioners are the parents of Sandeep/deceased.

4. The appellants/petitioners’ case in brief is that their son Sandeep was a bright student with excellent academic record and was studying B.Tech. (final year) in Gurunanak Engineering College, Ibrahimpatnam, went to college on 07.11.2012 to attend campus selections. At about 05:00 p.m., while Sandeep/deceased was standing along with his friends to board the college bus, an APSRTC Bus bearing Registration No.AP-29-TA-0629 (the ‘bus’) driven by its driver in a rash and negligent manner came from behind, st