IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VAKITI RAMAKRISHNA REDDY M.A.C.M.A.No.151 of 2016 Date: 21.04.2026 Between:

National Insurance Company Limited, represented by its Branch Manager, Branch Office, B. Laxmiraj Complex, Jawahar Road, Nizamabad. …. Appellant AND Smt. Ryapani Laxmi and others …..Respondents

JUDGMENT:

The present appeal is preferred by the appellant-Insurance Company, aggrieved by the order and decree dated 24.04.2015 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the impugned order’) passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal–cum– III Additional District Judge (FTC), Nizamabad (hereinafter referred to as ‘the learned Tribunal’) in M.V.O.P.No.246 of 2009.

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:

a) The petitioners/claimants, who are the wife, children and parents of the deceased by name R. Mallaiah, filed a claim petition under Section 163-A of the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 seeking compensation of Rs.6,00,000/- against the sole respondent/ Insurance Company, being t