HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH FRIDAY ,THE FOURTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FOUR PRSENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAVI NATH TILHARI THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY MOTOR ACCIDENT CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL NO: 2308 OF 2018 Between:

1. NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY Rep. by its Divisional Manager, Secunderabad Division, IV, lst Floor, Divisional Office, Second Floor No.39/622-74 and 75 Opp to RTC Bus Stand out gate, Upstairs of AP Grameena Bank, Kadapa city, Kadapa District ...PETITIONER(S)

AND:

1. UDAYAGIRI SUMATHI AND 6 OTHERS W/o.Late Udayagiri Venkataiah, @Venkata Rao, aged about 42 years., Hindu,Residing at Utukuru village, Rajampet Mandal Kada pa. District.

2. Udayagiri Sunandha, W/o..Karnatam Mohan, Aged about 26 years, Hindu, Residing at Utukuru village, Rajampet Mandal Kadapa District

3. Udayagiri Nikhil, S/o. Late Udayagiri Venkataiah, Venkata RaO, aged about 21 years, Hindu, Residing -at Utukuru village, Rajampet Mandal Kadapa District.

4. Udayagiri Sravanthi, D/o. Late Udayagiri Venkataiah, . @ Venkata Rao, aged about 19 years, Hindu, Residing at Utukuru village, Rajampet Mandal Kadapa District

5. Udayagiri Swetha D,/o. Late Udayagiri Venkataiah, Venkata Rao, aged about 16 years, Hindu,, Minor, repby its next friend is petitioner Udayagiri Sumathi, Residing at Utukuru village, . Rajampet Mandal, Kadapa District

6. Dada Ramakrishna Raju, S/o.Narasimha Raju ,owner of the offending Innova vehicle bearing No.AP37.BA1449.

Residing at Gundugolanu village, Bhimadolu Mandal West Godavari District.

7. G.Satyanarayana, S/o.Tataiah, aged about 60 years- residing at

8/62, Gundugolanu village, Bhimadolu Mandal West Godavari District ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner(s): SRAVAN KUMAR MANNAVA Counsel for the Respondents: M S P KAMARAJU The Court made the following: ORDER * THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAVI NATH TILHARI &

*THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY +MOTOR ACCIDENT CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL NO:2308 OF 2018 % 04.10.2024 # National Insurance Company Limited ……Appellant And:

$1. Udayagiri Sumathi and others ….Respondents.

!Counsel for the appellant : Sri Sravan Kumar ^Counsel for the respondents : Sri P. Siva Prasad

>Head Note:

? Cases referred:

1 2009 ACJ 1298

2.2022(5) ALD (DB) 3.(2017)16 SCC 680 4.(2020) 11 SCC 356 5.(2007) 10 SCC 643

6.[1989]2SCR810 7.(1987) 3 SCC 234 8.(2022) 14 SCC 712 9.ILR 2023 KAR 311

10.2023 SCC OnLine Ker 7902

11.(2013) 7 Supreme Court Cases 476

12.(2017) 16 SCC 680 13.(2018) 18 SCC 130

14.(2022) SCC OnLine SC 1683 15.(2022) SCC OnLine SC 1683

16.(2021) 11 SCC 780 HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH * * * *

MOTOR ACCIDENT CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL NO: 2308 OF 2018 DATE OF JUDGMENT PRONOUNCED: 04.10.2024 SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL:

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAVI NATH TILHARI &

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY

1. Whether Reporters of Local newspapers Yes/No may be allowed to see the Judgments?

2. Whether the copies of judgment may be Yes/No marked to Law Reporters/Journals

3. Whether Your Lordships wish to see the Yes/No fair copy of the Judgment?

____________________ RAVI NATH TILHARI, J __________________

NYAPATHY VIJAY,J THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAVI NATH TILHARI &

THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY M.A.C.M.A.No.2308 OF 2018 JUDGMENT: per the Hon‘ble Sri Justice Ravi Nath Tilhari:- Heard Sri Sravan Kumar, learned counsel for the appellant-

Insurance company and Sri P. Siva Prasad, learned counsel for the claimants/respondents 1 to 5.

2. This appeal under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for short, ―the M.V Act‖) was filed by the National Insurance Company Limited challenging the award dated 06.03.2018 in M.V.O.P. No.533 of 2016 (in short, ―M.V.O.P‖), passed by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-IV Additional District Judge Kadapa (for short, ―the Tribunal‖). By the said award, the claim of the claimant-respondents 1 to 5 was partly allowed granting compensation of Rs.76,58,364/- with interest thereon @ 9% p.a from the date of the claim petition till date of deposit.

3. The claimants-respo