JUDGMENT :

Being not satisfied with the quantum of compensation awarded vide judgment and decree, dated 30.01.2013 passed in M.V.O.P.No.1902 of 2005 on the file of the Chairman, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal-cum-I Additional District Judge at Warangal (for short “the Tribunal”), the appellants/claimants preferred the present appeal seeking enhancement of the compensation and also on fixing contributory negligence at 50% on the part of the driver of the auto in which the deceased was proceeding.

2. For the sake of convenience, hereinafter, the parties will be referred to as they were arrayed before the Tribunal.

3. The facts, in issue, are as under:

The claimants filed a petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 claiming compensation of Rs.5,00,000/-for the death of one Barla Bhaskar (hereinafter referred to as “the deceased”), who died in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on 08.10.2004. It is stated that on the fateful day, while the deceased was proceeding in the Auto bearing No. AP 24V 1443 from Siripuram Village, when the auto reached near Pochamma temple, the offending vehicle i.e., Bus bearing No. AP 36U 6282, owned by respondent No. 1, insured with responde