HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA

JUDGMENT:

This appeal is filed by the Insurance Company aggrieved by the Order and Decree dated 24.03.2021 in M.V.O.P.No.48 of 2015 passed by the Chairman, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal-cum-I VIII Additional District Judge, Nizamabad (for short “the Tribunal”). 2. For convenience and clarity, the parties herein are referred to as they were arrayed before the Tribunal.

3. The case of the claim petitioners before the Tribunal was that on 26.03.2014 the deceased and his friend were coming to their Village from Hyderabad to attend the marriage of their friend, on a motor bike bearing No.AP-29-BS-7620 and when they reached near Government Model School, Sadashivanagar at about 9:30 a.m., they met with an accident due to wrong parking of a lorry bearing No.HR-47-B-6663 by its driver. It is their case that the driver of the said lorry stopped his lorry wrongly in a negligent manner on the National Highway without taking precautions, instead of parking it in the by-lane provided on the Highway. The petitioners claimed a compensation of Rs.20,00,000/-.

4. The respondent No.1 filed counter denying averments of the petition. They further contended that