THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NARSING RAO NANDIKONDA M.A.C.M.A.No.377 of 2020

JUDGMENT:

The Insurance Company-appellant/respondent No.3 filed the present appeal against the Award and decree passed by the Chairman, Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-I Addl. Chief Judge, City Civil Court, Secunderabad, (hereinafter referred to ‘learned Tribunal’) in M.V.O.P.No.355 of 2017, dated 05.12.2019, wherein, claimants, who are the wife, children, parents and sisters of the deceased Md.Arif, filed the claim petition, seeking compensation of Rs.15,00,000/- from the respondents towards the death of their family head/sole bread winner in a road traffic accident that took place on 19.05.2016. 2. For the sake of convenience, the parties will be hereinafter referred to as they are arrayed before the learned Tribunal.

3. The brief facts of the case are that the claimants filed M.V.O.P.No.355 of 2017 under Section 166 of the M.V.Act, 1988, seeking compensation for the death of the deceased Md.Arif. It is contended that on 19.05.2016 at about 7:00 a.m., while the deceased/Md. Arif along with one Sathar Ali were proceeding on motor cycle bearing No.TS 09 EQ 4006 as rider and pillion rider respectively from Hy