HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE LAXMI NARAYANA ALISHETTY

JUDGMENT

Heard learned counsel Sri V.M.Ramakrishna Reddy for the appellant/petitioner No.1 and Sri. Krishna Kishore Kovvuri, learned counsel for respondent Nos.4 to 6/petitioner Nos.4 to 6.

2. The present appeal has been filed by the appellant/petitioner No.1 aggrieved by the award passed by the Chairman, Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-Principal District Judge, Ranga Reddy District (for short, ‘Tribunal’) in M.V.O.P.No.222 of 2020, dated 20.11.2023.

3. For convenience, the parties are referred to as they are arrayed before the Tribunal.

4. The brief factual matrix of the present appeal is as under:

5. On 20.03.2020 at about 5.40 p.m., while the deceased viz., Suresh Kumar, was proceeding from Punjagutta towards Basheerbagh on his TVS XL motorcycle bearing registration No.TS- 09-EQ-6782 and when he reached near Ravindra Bharathi signal, a car bearing registration No.AP-10-BH-1719 (hereinafter referred to as ‘crime vehicle’) came in high speed in a rash and negligent manner and dashed the motor cycle, due to which deceased received grievous injuries. Immediately, he was admitted in Global Hospital, where he succumbed to injuries while und