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.789 of 2019 DATE: 08.12.2025 Between:

The United India Insurance Company Limited …..Appellant/Respondent No.3 AND Sogala Sagar and two others.

….Respondents

JUDGMENT:

This appeal, under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, is filed by the appellant-Insurance Company, challenging the award and decree dated 23.01.2008 passed in M.V.O.P.No.170 of 2006 by the Chairman, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal-Cum-II Additional District Judge, Karimnagar at Jagtial (hereinafter referred to as “the Tribunal”), whereby the Tribunal awarded compensation of Rs.1,14,450/- together with interest @ 7.5% per annum to be payable by the owner of the vehicle and the Insurance Company for the injuries sustained by the respondent No.1-

claimant in a motor vehicle accident.

2. The brief facts of the case are that on 21.06.2005 at about 11.00 hours, while the claimant along with his sister-in-law Sharada was proceeding on his Suzuki motorcycle bearing No.AP- 1-E-1468 and when he reached Devapur Crossroad, near Kasipet, the tractor-trailer bearing No.AP-1-U-2623/2686 (hereinafter referred as ‘crim