THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NARSING RAO NANDIKONDA

JUDGMENT:

The appellants/claimants filed the present appeal against the Award and decree passed by the Chairman, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal-cum-I Additional District Judge, Karimnagar, (hereinafter referred to ‘Tribunal’) in M.V.O.P.No.697 of 2012, dated 16.10.2017, wherein claimants/petitioners had filed the claim petition, seeking compensation of Rs.8,00,000/- on account of death Sri Lakpathi, (herein after referred to as ‘the deceased’) who died in accident occurred on 07.02.2012.

2. The brief facts of the case are that appellants/claimants earlier filed M.V.O.P.No.697 of 2012 under Section 166(1)(c) of the M.V.Act, 1988 seeking compensation for the death of the deceased, who died in the accident alleged to have caused due to rash and negligent manner of the lorry driver. It is contended that on 07.02.2012, the deceased was proceeding on his two wheeler Bajaj CT 100 Motor Cycle bearing No.AP- 23-L-8522 and when he reached at the outskirts of Konayapalli Village, the driver of the Lorry bearing No.AP-15-X-2475 had parked the lorry in the middle of the road without taking any precautions and without switching on the parking lights