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.2641 of 2019 DATE: 21.01.2026 Between:

The Oriental Insurance Company Limited ….. Appellant AND Smt. N. Aruna and four others.

….Respondents

JUDGMENT:

This appeal, under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, is directed against the judgment and decree dated 30.03.2016 passed in M.V.O.P.No.293 of 2012 by the learned XI Additional Chief Judge, City Civil Court at Hyderabad (hereinafter referred to as “the Tribunal”), whereby the Tribunal awarded compensation of 6,27,125/- together with interest @ 7.5% per annum in favour of the claimants, who are respondent Nos.1 to 4 herein, being the wife and daughters of the deceased N. Manik Prabhu, who died in a motor vehicle accident.

2. The brief facts of the case are that the deceased was working as a Head Constable at P.S. Ibrahimpatnam, Cyberabad, and while on duty he was proceeding towards Secunderabad on 14.09.2011, at about 3:00 p.m., on his Passion Pro Bike bearing No.AP 10 W 6253. When he reached near Metro on Inner Ring Road between Nagole and Uppal, an unknown vehicle hit him from behind and ran away. As a result, the