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.1057 of 2019 DATE:11.03.2026 Between:

The United India Insurance Co. Ltd.

…..Appellant AND M.Uday Kumar and another.

….Respondents

JUDGMENT

This appeal is filed by the appellant-Insurance Company under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, challenging the judgment and decree dated 11.08.2011 passed in O.P.No.854 of 2007 by the Chairman, Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-IV Additional District and Sessions Judge (FTC), Mahabubnagar (for short, “the Tribunal”), whereby the Tribunal awarded an amount of Rs.80,000/- as compensation, with interest at 7.5% per annum from the date of petition till realization, for injuries sustained by respondent No.1 in a motor vehicle accident.

2. The brief facts of the case are that on 16.05.2007 at about 7:30 P.M., the respondent No.1 was travelling in a Jeep bearing No.AP-09- AF-8054 from Shadnagar towards Keshampet. When the said vehicle reached the limits of Vemulnarva village, the driver of the jeep drove the vehicle in a rash and negligent manner and dashed against an oncoming tractor. As a result, the respondent No.1 sustained fra