THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICENARSING RAO NANDIKONDA

JUDGMENT:

This M.A.C.M.A. is filed by the appellant/Insurance Companyunder Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for short, ‘the Act, 1988’) against the order and decree, dated 29.08.2019,in M.V.O.P.No.20 of 2018 passed by learned I Additional Chief Judge, City Civil Court, Secunderabad, (hereinafter referred to as ‘the learned Tribunal’)wherein the learned Tribunal awarded compensation of Rs.9,91,060/- with interest @7.5% per annum to the claimants.

2. Heard Sri A.Ramakrishna Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for the appellant-Insurance Company and Ms.VladimeerKhatoom, learned counsel for respondent Nos.1 and

2. Perused the record.

3. For the sake of convenience, the parties hereinafter will be referred to as they are arrayed in the M.V.O.P.

4. The brief facts of the case are that the petitioners are father and unmarried sister of the deceased Pathlavath Srinu (hereinafter referred to as ‘the deceased’) filed claim petition under Section 166 of the Act, 1988 and Rule 475 of the Andhra Pradesh Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 seeking compensation of Rs.15,00,000/- from the respondents on account of death of the deceased in a road traffic acciden