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.684 of 2019 DATE: 09.03.2026 Between:

Gothi Ravitha and three others …..Appellants AND Brij Mohan Jain and another ….Respondents

JUDGMENT

This appeal, under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, is filed by the appellants–claimants being aggrieved and dissatisfied with the order and decree dated 14.03.2014 passed by the Chairman, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal-cum-Principal District Judge, Adilabad (for short “the Tribunal”) in M.V.O.P. No.456 of 2008, whereby the Tribunal awarded a total compensation of Rs.35,000/- under "no fault liability" in favour of the appellants-claimants with interest at 7.5% per annum from the date of petition till the date of deposit, for the death of Gothi Namdev (hereinafter referred to as “the deceased”), aged about 7 years, in a motor vehicle accident, after attributing contributory negligence to the driver of the Tata Van in which the deceased was traveling.

2. The brief facts of the case are that on 14.05.2007, at about 11:00 a.m., the deceased was proceeding in the Tata van bearing No.AP-01-V-4875 from Koratikal Village to Bhutai V