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.3375 of 2019 DATE: 22.01.2026 Between:

Reliance General Insurance Co. Ltd., Represented by its Manager …..Appellant AND Smt. Shaheen Begum and seven others.

….Respondents

JUDGMENT

This appeal, under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, is filed by the appellant-insurance company, challenging the order and decree dated 15.05.2019 passed in M.V.O.P.No.501 of 2015 by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-Family Court-cum VIII Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mahabubnagar (hereinafter referred to as “the Tribunal”), whereby the Tribunal awarded compensation of Rs.23,38,000/- together with interest @ 9% per annum in favour of the respondent Nos.1 to 6 herein/claimants, for the death of one Md. Rafeeq (hereinafter referred to as “the deceased”)

in a motor vehicle accident.

2. The brief facts of the case are that the deceased was working as a driver of a lorry bearing No.AP-29-BB-4952. On 06.07.2015 at night time, while the deceased was proceeding from Chennai towards Vijayawada on N.H.No.5 road, at about 6:30 a.m., when he reached the limits of Gouravaram village,