THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NARSING RAO NANDIKONDA M.A.C.M.A.No.530 of 2020 & X-OBJ No.33 of 2021

COMMON JUDGMENT:

This M.A.C.M.A.No.530 of 202 is filed by the Insurance Company and Cross Objection is filed by the claimants against the Award and decree passed by the Chairman, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal-Prl.District Judge, Ranga Reddy District, (hereinafter referred to ‘Tribunal’) in M.V.O.P.No.498 of 2017, dated 13.01.2020.

2. Heard K.Ajay Kumar, learned counsel for the appellant in MAMCA -Iffco-Tokio General Insurance Company Limited and Sri Bandamidi Swamy, learned counsel for the appellants in Cross objection. Perused the material on record.

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

4. The brief facts of the case are that appellants/claimants earlier filed M.V.O.P.No.498 of 2017 under Section 166 of the M.V.Act, 1988 seeking compensation for the death of the deceased i.e., Husband of the appellant No.1, who died in the accident alleged to have occurred due to rash and negligent driving by the driver of the harvester bearing registration No.AP- 29-BH-2259. It is contended that, on 06.05.2017 at about