THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NARSING RAO NANDIKONDA M.A.C.M.A.No.111 of 2020

JUDGMENT:

This appeal is filed by the appellant-Insurance Company under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, against the Award and decree passed by the court of the M.A.C.T-Cum-Principal District and Sessions Judge, Adilabad (hereinafter referred to ‘learned Tribunal’) in M.V.O.P.No.56 of 2017, dated 27.08.2019, wherein, learned Tribunal has granted compensation of Rs.6,00,000/- to the claimants/respondents herein.

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

3. The brief facts of the case are that claimant filed M.V.O.P.No.56 of 2017 under Section 163-A) of Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 seeking compensation on account of death of the deceased i.e., Aegolapu @ Pusala Mahesh Goud. On 27.03.2014, the deceased was proceeding on motorcycle bearing No.AP-15-AQ-6533 from Chintaguda (K) village to Indaram as pillion rider along with his rider and when they reached near Shri Shri Nagar Reliance Petrol Pump, Chunnambattiwada, Mancherial, the rider of said motorcycle drove it in a rash and negligent manner with high speed, due to which the de