HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE LAXMI NARAYANA ALISHETTY

JUDGMENT

Heard Sri C.M.Prakash, learned counsel for appellant/

petitioner and Sri K.Vasanth Rao, learned counsel for the respondent No.3-insurance company.

2. The present appeal has been filed by the appellant-claimant dissatisfied with the award passed by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-I Additional District Judge, Nalgonda, (for short, ‘Tribunal’) in MVOP No.761 of 2016, dated 27.06.2024 and thereby seeking for enhancement of compensation.

3. Appellant herein is the petitioner, respondent No.1 herein is respondent No.1-driver of the crime vehicle, respondent No.2 herein is the owner of crime vehicle and respondent No.3 herein is the respondent No.3-insurance company before the Tribunal. For convenience, the parties have been referred to as arrayed before the Tribunal.

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

4.1. On 20.06.2016 at about 00.30 a.m., the petitioner along with his relative was returning to Bhongir from Mandapuram village on their motor cycle bearing No.AP-24-AQ-4037, and while the petitioner was riding the motor cycle cautiously on extreme left side of the road, and when they reached Hanumanpuram B