JUDGMENT:

This MACMA is filed under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 by the appellants/petitioners aggrieved by the order and decree dated 30.08.2000 passed in O.P.No.42 of 1994 by the Chairman, Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (Principal District Judge), Nalgonda, (for short “the Tribunal”).

2. For convenience, the parties will be hereinafter referred to as they are arrayed before the Tribunal.

3. Brief facts of the case are that the injured Linga Venkanna filed a claim petition claiming compensation of Rs.2,50,000/- on account of injuries sustained by him in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on 17.11.1993. During the pendency of the Original Petition, the injured Venkanna died, and his legal representatives, who are petitioners Nos.2 to 5 are brought on record.

3(1) It is stated that on 17.11.1993 during evening hours, the original petitioner went to Suryapet town to purchase Kirana provisions. After purchasing the same, he reached Suryapet new bus stand on N.H.9 road at about 2200 hours, and while he was going on his cycle, a car bearing No.AP-16-3434 came from Vijayawada side, in a rash and negligent manner, at high speed and dashed against the injured. Consequently