HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.BHASKAR REDDY M.A.C.M.A.No.325 of 2019

JUDGMENT:

This appeal, under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, is filed by the appellant-Insurance Company, challenging the order and decree dated 28.09.2018 passed in M.V.O.P.No.20 of 2016 by the Chairman, Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-Principal District Judge, Medak at Sangareddy (hereinafter referred to as “the Tribunal”), whereby the Tribunal awarded compensation of Rs.10,33,000/-together with interest at 7.5% per annum to the respondent Nos.1 to 3 herein/claimants for the death of one Smt. Kalali Anthamma(hereinafter referred to as “the deceased”) in a motor vehicle accident.

2. The brief facts of the case are that the claimants i.e., respondent Nos.1 to 3 herein are the husband and children of late Smt. Kalali Anthamma, who died in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on 15.06.2015. On the said day, the deceased, who was aged about 43 years, was travelling as a pillion rider on a motorcycle bearing No.AP-23-AK-7477 driven by Anjaiah and when they reached the limits of Fasalwadi Village, Sangareddy Mandal, a Tata Ace Auto bearing No. AP-23-TV-0758, driven by its driver i.e., respondent No.5 herein