HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.BHASKAR REDDY M.A.C.M.A.No.39 of 2019

JUDGMENT:

This appeal, under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, is filed by the appellants-claimants, challenging the judgment and decree dated 29.06.2018 passed in M.V.O.P.No.1136 of 2013 by the Chairman, Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-XIII Additional Chief Judge (Fast Track Court), City Civil Court, Hyderabad (for short “the Tribunal”), whereby the Tribunal awarded a total compensation of Rs.6,95,400/- along with interest at 6% per annum from the date of petition, as against the claim of Rs.15,00,000/- for the death of the deceased B. Raju in a road accident.

2. The brief facts of the case are that on 04.02.2013 the deceased, along with two others, was travelling on a Bajaj Pulsar motorcycle bearing No.AP-09-AU-4865 and when they reached near Kondamadugu Village, Bibi Nagar, on N.H-163, one tanker lorry bearing No.AP-31-U-6758, being driven by its driver in a rash and negligent manner and at high speed, dashed the motorcycle, due to which the deceased fell down and sustained grievous head injuries. He was shifted to Government Area Hospital and thereafter to Nikhil Hospital, Dilsukhnagar, Hyderabad and on