Date of reserved for Judgment :21.11.2025 Date of Pronouncement :27.02.2026 Date of uploading :27.02.2026 APHC010424122013 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3520]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

FRIDAY,THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE A. HARI HARANADHA SARMA MOTOR ACCIDENT CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL NO: 1551/2013 Between:

1. U NITED INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED, REP BY ITS BRANCH MANAGER, BRANCH NO.2, UPSTAIRS ANDHRA BANK GOWRI SANKAR THEATRE ROAD, KOTHAPET, GUNTUR GUNTUR DISTRICT.

...APPELLANT AND

1. V UTLA PRASAD S/O ANJANEYULU DIED AS PER LRS 4 AND 5, WORKED AS VOLVO BUS DRIVER IN KALESWARI TRAVELS, R/O D.NO. 3-50 SATYANARAYANAPURAM, 3RD LANE ONGOLE, PRAKASAM DISTRICT.

2. B CHANDRAIAH, S/O NARASIMHA, DRIVER OF LORRY BEARING NO.

AP 07 U 4129 R/O 5-33, CHERAKONDA VILLAGE, VANGOOR MAHABOOBNAGAR DISTRICT.

3. P ATHIPATI RAMAIAH, S/O LATCHAIAH, OWNER OF THE LORRY BEARING NO. AP 07 U 4129 R/O D.NO. 24-2-67, PATAN BAZAR, GUNTUR GUNTUR DISTRICT.

4. V UTLA SUKANYA W/O LATE PRASAD, AGED 44 YEARS, R/O. D.NO. 11

24 2E, RAVULAKOLLUVARI STREET, RAMMURTHYPET, KAVALI, SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT.

5. V UTLA LAKSHMI PRANATHI D/O LATE PRA