THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NARSING RAO NANDIKONDA M.A.C.M.A.NO.398 OF 2020

JUDGMENT:

This M.A.C.M.A. is preferred by the appellant-National Insurance Company Limited under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for short (‘the Act, 1988’), aggrieved by the award and decree, dated 28.11.2019 passed in M.V.O.P.No.746 of 2015 by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-Principal District Judge, Nizamabad (for short, ‘the Tribunal’).

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

3. The brief facts of the case are as under:-

(i) that the petitioners filed a claim-petition under Section

163-A of the Act, 1988 claiming compensation of Rs.20,00,000/- for the death of one Mr. Chiluveri Laxminarayana (hereinafter referred to as “the deceased”), who died in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on 28.06.2025. It is stated that on 28.06.2025 while the deceased was proceeding on his motorcycle bearing No.TS 16 EB 3253 from Thorlikonda towards Jakranpally and when he reached Manoharabad Village Shivar, suddenly one bull crossed the road and to save the bull, he could not control the vehicle and fell down from the vehicle due to whi