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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD
B.R.MADHUSUDHAN RAO
Oriental Insurance Company Ltd., rep. by its Divisional Manager – Appellant
Versus
A. Narasimha – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
B.R.MADHUSUDHAN RAO, J.
1. This memorandum of Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for short ‘MV Act’) assailing the award passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal-cum-XXV Additional Chief Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad (for short ‘the Tribunal’) in M.V.O.P.No.2257 of 2012 dated 26.03.2014.
2. Appellant herein is the respondent No.2, respondent Nos.1 to 3 herein are the petitioners and respondent Nos.4 and 5 are the respondent Nos.1 and 3 before the Tribunal.
3. Learned counsel for the appellant submits that the learned Tribunal erroneously awarded an amount of Rs.18,00,000/- towards compensation in favour of the claimants (respondent Nos.1 to 3 herein), which is excessive and on higher side. The Tribunal ought not to have taken the monthly income of the deceased – A.Arun Kumar at Rs.30,000/- per month without any basis and the Tribunal ought not to have come to a conclusion that the deceased is able to earn atleast Rs.30,000/- per month basing on the loan installments and shop rents paid by the deceased. Further he submits that 50% of the income has to be deducted as the deceased is an unmarried person and prayed t
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