JUDGMENT :

1. This appeal is preferred by the appellant-Insurance Company, questioning the award and decree, dated 29.10.2011 passed in O.P.No.754 of 2007 on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-III Additional District Judge (I FTC) at Nalgonda (for short, the Tribunal).

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties have been referred to as arrayed before the Tribunal.

3. The 1st claimant (hereinafter referred to as “the deceased”) filed a petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act claiming compensation of Rs.3,00,000/- for the injuries sustained by him in a motor vehicle accident occurred on 16.05.2007. During pendency of the claim-petition, the 1st claimant died and the claimants 2 and 3, who are the wife and daughter of the 1st claimant, were brought on record. It is stated in the claim-petition that on the date of accident, while the deceased boarded an auto bearing No.AP 24 U 6333 in order to go to Chakirala Village and when the auto reached near Madina Chicken Centre, N.H.No.9 at Kodada, one Indica Car bearing No.AP 16 TV 6593 driven by its driver in a rash and negligent manner with high speed, dashed the auto, as a result of which, the deceased and other