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SUJOY PAUL, NAMAVARAPU RAJESHWAR RAO
New India Assurance Co. Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Poluri Sailaja – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
(Namavarapu Rajeshwar Rao, J.)
The present M.A.C.M.A. and Cross Objections are being disposed of by this common judgment, since M.A.C.M.A. filed by the Insurance Company and Cross Objections filed by the petitioners/claimants are directed against the very same order and decree dated 15.04.2024 passed in M.V.O.P.No.355 of 2021 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal-cum- I Additional District Judge, Khammam (for short ‘the Tribunal).
2. For the sake of convenience, the parties hereinafter will be referred to as they are arrayed before the Tribunal.
3. Brief facts of the case are as follows :-
On 09.01.2021, the deceased/Poluri Srinivasa Rao was proceeding on his Motorcycle bearing No.AP-20-AU-0393 from his house to purchase groceries and when he reached Road No.2, Chaitanya Nagar, Khammam at about 10.00 hours, the driver of Maruthi Swift Car bearing No.TS 04 EY 5949 drove the said Car in a rash and negligent manner at high speed without taking any precautionary measures and dashed against the Motor Cycle of the deceased, as a result of which, the deceased fell on the road and sustained injuries over the head and other vital organs. Immediately, the deceased was sh
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