IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SUDDALA CHALAPATHI RAO MACMA.Nos.34, 35, 38, 39 & 42 of 2022 Dt. 16.03.2026 MACMA.No.34 of 2022 Between:

M/s HDFC ERGO General Insurance Co. Ltd.

…. Appellant and Lingam Shetty and another …Respondents

COMMON JUDGMENT:

1. Though the present appeals have been filed by the appellant–Insurance Company challenging the separate orders passed by the Chairman, Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal- cum-XIV Additional Chief Judge (FTC), City Civil Court, Hyderabad (hereinafter referred to as “the Tribunal”), as all the claim petitions arise out of the same incident involving the same vehicle, they are taken up together for analogous hearing and are being disposed of by this common order.

2. The brief facts of the cases in all the claim petitions is that, on the fateful day i.e., 16.03.2012 at about 2.30 hours, the injured/deceased(in all claim petitions), while travelling in Tavera bearing No.AP 22 AF 0629 along with others, met with an accident as the driver of the vehicle lost control and dashed road side culvert, as a result, the inmates of the said vehicle sustained grievous injuries, and that due to the injuries