COMMON JUDGMENT

1. Aggrieved by the order passed by the learned District Judge – cum- Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Mahabubnagar, in O.P.No.669 of 2006, dated 30.01.2009, the 3^rd respondent/Insurance Company in the said O.P. preferred the present Appeal seeking to allow the Appeal by setting aside the order of the learned Tribunal. Also, dissatisfied with the compensation awarded by the learned Tribunal, the Petitioners in the said O.P. filed Cross-Objections No.1 of 2016 seeking enhancement of compensation.

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

3. The brief facts of the case are that the claim petitioners, who are the wife, children and parents of Late D.N.Kondanna (hereinafter referred as ‘the deceased’) filed a petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 claiming compensation of Rs.5,00,000/- for the death of the deceased in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on 27.06.2006 in the limits of Palem Village. It is stated by the petitioners that on 27.06.2006, in the early morning at about 5.40 a.m., when the deceased was proceeding on his Bicycle from Palem Village to Kothakota on Nati