HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SUDDALA CHALAPATHI RAO M.A.C.M.A.NO.84 OF 2022

JUDGMENT

This appeal is directed against the order and decree dated

24.07.2019 in M.V.O.P.No.431 of 2016, passed by the Chairman, Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-V Additional District and Sessions Judge, Ranga Reddy District at L.B.Nagar, Hyderabad (for short, ‘the Tribunal’), wherein the claim of appellants/claimants herein was partly allowed, awarding compensation of Rs.3,00,000/- with interest at 9% per annum from the date of filing of the petition till the date of deposit.

2. Heard Mr. C.M.Prakash, learned counsel for the appellants/claimants and Mr. S.Satyanarayana Rao, learned counsel for respondent No.2/insurance company. Perused the material on record.

3. The appellants herein are the claim petitioners, respondent No.1 is the owner of the crime vehicle, respondent No.2 herein is the insurance company, respondent No.3 is the driver of the crime vehicle before the Tribunal. For convenience, the parties hereinafter are referred to as they are arrayed before the Tribunal.

4. The brief factual matrix of the present appeal is that on 20.03.2016 at about 10.00 hours, Ms. M.Brinda (hereinafter referred to as the dece