IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.BHASKAR REDDY M.A.C.M.A.No.383 of 2019 DATE: 09.01.2026 Between:

IFFICO-TOKIO General Insurance Co. Ltd., Rep. by its Branch Manager, Karimnagar.

…..Appellant AND Shabana Parveen @ SK. Shabana and six others.

….Respondents

JUDGMENT:

The appellant-insurance company has filed this appeal, under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, challenging the judgment and decree dated 01.10.2018 passed by the Chairman, Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-District Judge, Nizamabad (hereinafter referred to as “the Tribunal”) in M.V.O.P. No.11 of 2016, whereby compensation of Rs.16,82,800/- along with interest @ 7.5% per annum was awarded to the claimants i.e., respondent Nos.1 to 6 herein, for the death of Shaik Rasheed (hereinafter referred to as “the deceased”) in a motor vehicle accident.

2. The brief facts of the case are that on 29.10.2015, at about 11:00 a.m., while the deceased was proceeding on motorcycle bearing No.TS 16 EA 3320 from Borgaon to Nizamabad, along with his wife Shabana and two children as pillion riders, a Bolero pickup jeep bearing No.MH 09 CU 4607 being driven by its driver in rash and