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.3356 of 2019 DATE: 06.04.2026 Between:

Smt. Moddubai Laxmi and another …..Appellants AND Sangolla Gangaram and another ….Respondents

JUDGMENT:

This appeal is preferred by the appellants/claimants against the order and decree dated 12.02.2019 passed in O.P.No.835 of 2013 by the Chairman, Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-VIII Additional District Judge, Nizamabad, whereby a total compensation of Rs.4,70,000/- with interest at 7.5% per annum was awarded for the death of one Moddubai Poshetty (hereinafter referred to as “the deceased’) in a motor vehicle accident.

2. The brief facts of the case are that on 30.07.2013 at about 2:00 p.m., while the deceased was crossing the road in front of Government Hospital, Bodhan, a TVS XL moped bearing No.AP-25- AM-1921, driven in a rash and negligent manner, dashed against him, resulting in grievous injuries. Though he was initially shifted to Government Hospital, Bodhan, he succumbed to injuries while being shifted to Gandhi Hospital, Secunderabad. The claimants, being the wife and daughter of the deceased, filed the aforesaid claim pe