IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA

AT HYDERABAD

THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.BHASKAR REDDY

M.A.C.M.A.No.845of 2019

DATE: 07.01.2026

Between:

National Insurance Company Limited and another.

….. Appellants

AND

Chippalapally Bikshapathi and another.

….Respondents

JUDGMENT:

This appeal has been filed by the appellants/Insurance

Company under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, aggrieved by the order and decree, dated 03.04.2007, passed in M.V.O.P.No.1346 of 2005 on the file of the III Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Warangal (for short, “the Tribunal”), whereby, the Tribunal awarded a compensation of Rs.2,75,000/- with proportionate costs and interest at 7.5% per annum from the date of the petition till the date of realization. The Tribunal further directed the appellants/Insurance Company to deposit the awarded amount and permitted them to recover the same from the

owner of the offending vehicle.

2. The brief facts of the case are that on 29.03.2005, the deceased namely Chippalapally Laxmi, along with other

passengers, boarded a Bajaj Tempo Trax Toofan bearing No. AP 24 V 3080 at Hanamkonda to go to Jangaon. When the vehicle reached near Raghunathpally Police Station, its driver