IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VAKITI RAMAKRISHNA REDDY Date: 16.03.2026 Between:

T.Padma and six others …. Appellants AND N.Shiva Babu and three others …..Respondents

JUDGMENT:

Aggrieved by the award and decree dated 23.12.2017 (hereinafter shall be referred to as ‘the impugned order’) passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal–cum–The Court of the Chief Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad (hereinafter shall be referred to as ‘the Tribunal’) in O.P.No.2760 of 2014, the appellants preferred the present Appeal.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties hereinafter shall be referred to as per their status before the learned Tribunal.

I. BRIEF FACTS

3. The brief facts of the case as borne out from the record are as under:

The petitioners/claimants, who are the wife, children, parents and unmarried sister of the deceased, filed a claim petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 claiming compensation of Rs.25,00,000/- against the respondents, for the death of the deceased in the road traffic accident. The reason assigned by the claimants for the accident is that on 27.08.2014 at 10.30 A.M., while the deceased was pr