THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NARSING RAO NANDIKONDA MACMA No.3405 OF 2005

J U D G M E N T

This MACMA is filed under Section 173 of M.V. ACT against the Order dated 04.11.2004 passed in Motor Vehicle Original Petition No.215 of 2003 by the learned Family Court Judge, at Secunderabad, (for short “the learned Trial Court”), the claim petitioners in the said M.V.O.P. preferred the present Appeal seeking enhancement of compensation amount.

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

3. The brief facts of the case are that the petitioners, who are the parents and younger sister of the deceased, filed a petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 claiming compensation of Rs.6,00,000/- for the death of the deceased in a motor vehicle accident that took place on 13.07.2003. The contention of the petitioners is that on 13.07.2003, at about 11.00 pm, when the deceased was proceeding on his motor cycle bearing No. AP-9-C-4767 from Erragadda towards Kukatpally and when he reached Godrej X roads, an RTC hired bus bearing No.AP-28-V- 3813 came in a rash and negligent manner with high speed and dashed the de