IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.BHASKAR REDDY M.A.C.M.A.No.647 of 2019 DATE: 29.01.2026 Between:

Kandula Sarala (died) and four others …..Appellants AND K. Hari Krishna and another ….Respondents

JUDGMENT

Being not satisfied with the quantum of compensation awarded in the judgment and decree, dated 30.08.2012 passed in M.V.O.P. No.1060 of 2004 by the Chairman, Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (I Additional district Judge), Khammam (for short “the Tribunal”), for the death of the deceased-Kandula Suresh in a motor vehicle accident, the appellants-claimants filed the present appeal seeking enhancement of compensation.

2. The brief facts of the case are that on 22.02.2004 at about 9.00 am, the deceased was proceeding on a motorcycle bearing registration No.AP-20-D-7098 from Ashwapuram Village towards Manuguru Village and when he reached near CISF Quarters on R&B Road, Manuguru, a lorry bearing registration No.AP-20-T-6381 collided with the motorcycle due to rash and negligent driving. The deceased sustained grievous injuries and was initially shifted to hospital at Manuguru and thereafter to Cure Emergency Hospital, Khammam, where he s