THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NARSING RAO NANDIKONDA

JUDGMENT:

This MACMA is filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for short ‘MV Act’) by the appellant-Insurance Company-respondent No.2 against the order and decree dated 13.12.2019 passed in M.V.O.P. No.55 of 2016 by the Additional Motor Accident Claims Tribunal cum Special Judge for trial of cases under SCs/STs (PoA) Act cum V Additional District and Sessions Judge, Adilabad, (for short ‘the Tribunal’), wherein the claimants filed the claim petition under Section 166 (1) (c) of the MV Act read with Rule 455 of the Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 seeking compensation of Rs.7,00,000/- on account of death of the daughter of respondent Nos.1 and 2- claimants, namely, A. Gangamani, (hereinafter referred as ‘deceased’), who died in Motor Vehicle accident occurred on 09.01.2015.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are hereinafter referred as arrayed before the Tribunal.

3. The brief facts of the case are that on 09.01.2015 at about 3.45 PM, the deceased was travelling in an auto rickshaw bearing No.AP 1 X 6677 along with other passengers from Indanpalli village to Khanapur and when they reached near Peddur Thanda village, the dr