JUDGMENT :

This MACMA is filed under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 by the appellants/petitioners aggrieved by the order and decree dated 29.01.2014 passed in O.P.No.257 of 2010 by the Chairman, Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (II Additional District Judge), Nalgonda at Suryapet (for short “the Tribunal”).

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

3. Brief facts of the case are that the petitioners filed a claim petition claiming compensation of Rs.20,00,000/- on account of the death of Konuganti (Nookala) Padma (hereinafter referred to as “deceased”) in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on 24.11.2009.

3(1) It is stated that petitioner No.1 is the husband, petitioners No.2 and 3 are daughters and petitioner No.4 is the son of the deceased. On 24.11.2009 at 1.30 p.m. the deceased along with one Polepally Suresh was proceeding from Yellagiri towards Koyyalagudem on National Highway No.9 and at that time the car i.e. Hyundai Accent Car bearing No.AP-09-AP-444 driven by respondent No.1 in a rash and negligent manner and dashed against the deceased, as such, the deceased and Polepally Suresh recei