JUDGMENT :

These two appeals are being disposed of by this common judgment since M.A.C.M.A.No.1584 of 2017 filed by the New India Assurance Company Limited and M.A.C.M.A.No.2458 of 2017 filed by the claimant, are directed against the very same order and decree, dated 19.01.2017 made in M.V.O.P.No.1322 of 2012 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal-cum-XXV Additional Chief Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad (for short “the Tribunal”).

2. For the sake of convenience, hereinafter the parties will be referred to as per their array before the Tribunal.

3. Brief facts of the case are that the claimant has filed a petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1994, claiming compensation of Rs.5,00,000/- for the injuries suffered by him in a motor vehicle accident occurred on 04.12.2011. According to the claimant, on 04.12.2011 at about 3:00 p.m., while he, along with his wife, was proceeding on his motorcycle bearing No.AP 20 J 4133 from Kukatpally to L.B.Nagar and when they reached near old Police Control Room, Saifabad, Hyderabad, one Tata Indica Car bearing No.AP 9 BM-0781, owned by respondent No.1 and insured with respondent No.2, being driven by its driver in a rash a