THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA

JUDGMENT:

1. Dissatisfied with the quantum of compensation awarded by the learned Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Principal District Judge, Nalgonda (for short, “the Tribunal”), in M.V.O.P.No.546 of 2016, dated 30.07.2018, the petitioners in the said O.P. preferred the present Appeal seeking enhancement of compensation amount. 2. For the sake of convenience, the parties hereinafter are referred as they were arrayed before the learned Tribunal.

3. The brief facts of the case are that the petitioners, who are the wife, sons, mother and father of late Sathyanarayana Reddy (hereinafter referred as ‘the deceased’) filed a petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, seeking compensation of Rs.15,00,000/-, on account of the death of the deceased in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on 16.07.2016. It is stated by the petitioners that on 16.07.2016 at about 02:00 P.M., when the deceased was riding the said motorcycle in a normal speed on left side of the road by following traffic rules, on the way the deceased reached near police station of Mothey village and mandal of Nalgonda Distict, then one cement tanker lorry bearing No.AP-