JUDGMENT:

1. Dissatisfied with the compensation awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal - cum – XXV Additional Chief Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad (hereinafter be referred as ‘the Tribunal’) in M.V.O.P.No.1392 of 2012, dated 31.08.2017, the claim petitioners in the said M.V.O.P. preferred the present Appeal seeking enhancement of compensation and filed I.A.1 of 2024 requesting to amend the claim amount from Rs.25,00,000/- to Rs.40,00,000/-

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred as they were arrayed before the learned Tribunal.

3. The brief facts of the case are that the claim petitioners, who are the mother, father and elder brother of Late P.Naga Chandrasekhar @ Chandu (hereinafter be referred as ‘the deceased’) filed a petition under Section 166 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 claiming compensation of Rs.25,00,000/- for the death of the deceased in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on the intervening night of 21/22.03.2012 at about 13.30 hours near Bowenpally, Hyderabad. It is stated by the petitioners that on the intervening night of 21/22.03.2012 at about 13.30 hours, when the deceased-P.Naga Chandrasekhar @ Chandu along with others was proceeding in