THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NARSING RAO NANDIKONDA

COMMON JUDGMENT:

M.A.C.M.A.No.31 of 2020 is filed by the National Insurance Company Limited and M.A.C.M.A.No.220 of 2020 is filed by the Claimants against the Award and decree passed by the Chairperson, Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Tribunal-Cum- VIII Additional District And Sessions Judge, at Medak (hereinafter referred to ‘learned Tribunal’) in M.V.O.P.No.16 of 2016, dated 04.06.2019. The claimants had filed the claim petition under Section 166 (1)(c)of M.V.Act, 1988 seeking compensation of Rs.8,00,000/- on account of death of Dudekula Nizamuddin, (herein after referred as ‘deceased’) who died in Motor Vehicle accident occurred on 24.04.2015.

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 deceased was going on his bicycle and when the deceased reached near Shivasairam Dhaaba hotel, a lorry bearing No.AP-23-W-6766 came from back side and dashed to the deceased’s cycle and ran over on the deceased, due to which the deceased fell down and sustained severe injuries over all over the body and died on the spot. The Police