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.1944 of 2019 DATE: 27.04.2026 Between:

Cheruku Subadra …..Appellant AND C. Narsing Rao and two others ….Respondents

JUDGMENT:

This appeal is preferred by the appellant/claimant aggrieved by the award dated 18.01.2019 passed in M.V.O.P.No.1774 of 2013 by the Chairman, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal–cum–Chief Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad (for short, “the Tribunal”), whereby the claim petition filed by the appellant/claimant under Section 163-A of the Motor Vehicles Act, was dismissed.

2. The brief facts of the case are that on 18.03.2006 at about 2.30 p.m., the deceased, son of the appellant, while proceeding on a motorcycle bearing No.AP 9 ED T/R 9789, met with a fatal accident when a tractor bearing No.MH 23 B 2242, driven in a rash and negligent manner, dashed the motorcycle from behind, resulting in his instantaneous death. The appellant/claimant, being the mother of the deceased, filed the aforesaid claim petition before the Tribunal seeking compensation of Rs.5,00,000/-.

3. Before the Tribunal, respondent No.1, owner of the motorcycle, remained ex parte, while res