The High Court · 2025

Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circ rnstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High court nri, ce pleased to stay of all further proceedings of the execution of the Judgement ;r tl decree passed in lvVoP No 495 of 2022 (lVlVoP No. 411 ol 2o1B otd) dated ')' cgt2ozz, on the file of IMACT cum I Addrtional District Judge, warangal pending ,l ;cosal of the above appeal Counsel for the Appellants:Sri. KONDADI AJAY KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent No.4:Sri.Ennamsetty Akhil The Court delivered the following: JUDGMENT I i i I I 1 i i IN TIIE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OFTELANGANA AT HYDERABAD. THE HON'BLE SRIJUSTTCE GADI PRAVEEN KTIMAR M.A.C.M.A. No.t 198 of 2023 Date of Ord er :22-12-2025 Betrveen IFITCO TOKIO General Insurance Co' Ltd' Appellant And l. Vankudothu KannaYYa @ Kannaiah and three others. Responderl[;. JU DGMENT: Ilearcl Sri chandra Kanth, learned counsel representing Sri Kondadi Ajay Kumar. learned counsel tbr the appetlant and Sri ['nnarnsetty Akhil' leanred counsel for respondent No'4, and perused the record' -fhe present Appeal is filed by the appellant Insurancc Cornpatrl' 2. being aggrieved by the Arvard dated 27'09'2022 passed by the learned Chairman. Motor Accidents Claim 'lribunal-cum- I Additional l)istrict Judge, Warangat (for short 'the Tribunal') in M'V'O P'No'495 of 2022 allowing the claim of the claimants and awarding compensation of 2 Its.5.00.000/- u itli prurportionatc costs and interest QD t :rl" p.a., from the date o1'lilinq o1'thc perrrion till tlre clate of realization. i. Ihc thcts lcading ro filc thc Op are that on Ir.06.1017 at about

18.00 hours. *hcrr the dcceascci \iankodothu -liirupathi. agerl 6 years was playin,u ,earb1'culvcrt. o, the soil durnp situated on tlr( r.oad side. at that tinre rcsponclen( No.l uas levelinq the road with ilc td Roller bearing No.TS-09-AY-I'R 49til and drove the same in a r L:;h and ,egligent rranncr rvith high speed rvithout takirrg any prccaut 0r an, tneasures and passetl the Road Roller on rhe dcceased, as a result o1' ,, trich. the deceased died on the spor. Thc police arso registered a case r.itr cr.No.r 2112017 and altel irrvestisation. liled charge sheet under Sectiorr 104-A IpC against the clriver of the crime vehicle/Road Roller.

1. rhc clainrants, who are parcnts of thc deceaserr. iled op before the lcarned'l ribunal clairning conlpensation o1Rs.5,00,00r) - on account of the death of thcir (r l cars old son.

5. Responde^t N.s.3 ar-rd 4 herein remained exparrt berore the leamed Tribunal. The a ppellant/respo,dc'nt No.3 filed cou,r( r-affidavit denying the averrnents r,ade in the petition, contending r rat the [nsurance companf is not liable as rcspondent No.3 is not holdirg .valid and effective i i ! I I J driving license at the time of alteged accident contravening Section 5 of the Motor Vehicles Act' 1988 and breach of the Motor Vehicle Rules' 1989 6 Basing on the above pleadings, the leamed I'ribunal framed the fbllowirrg issues "(t) ll'hethcr tltc ucciclent occtrructl on t962017 at about 1800 htlttrsttlThttllttkttntct,['httnt]u'll,unlhtmnapat\farulul'l|arulual Distrttttltlettlrttshundnagligenttlrit'ingtlldrit'eroJ-Roadfulll,:r bearing Ntt.l'S (19 .4r' TR 1982 causing death ol-the deceascdt (2) l['hetlrcr thr petitionet s ure entitled lo cottq)cnsution as clainel .fbr? Il so, to wlnl extent and.from whom'? (3) To whal rclic.l') ' 7 Before the learned 'fribunal, on bchalf of the claimants, P.Ws.l and to ,,4-6 were rnarked- On behalf ol the 2 were examined and Exs'A- I appcllant, tt.Ws. t and 2 were examined Exs'B-l' B-2 and Exs'X-l to X-3 werc markcd Learned Tribunat, basing on the pleadings and upon appreciation of g. evidence on record, considered the annual notional income of the deceased AS Rs.30,0001 and applied the multiptier of '15" which comes to awarded besides adding a sutn of Rs.4,50,000/- and the same was 4 Rs.50.000/- tow'*r-ds loss of love and affection, funeral .a r l estate, and thus, in allarvardcd a sunr o1-l{s.5.00.000i. 9 ['c^r'rrecl courser rir. thc apperlant contcndcr] :irat the reamed Tribu,ul c-ri'o,c.usry q.arrted c.mpensation ol Rs.:,. 10.000/- without app'cciaii,g the c'idencc of R.\\rs. l and 2 and Exs.B- B-2 as welr as llxs.X- | ro X-3 Produced on behall' of the appellanl L r substanl.iate the clairn ol the appcllant that lhe driver rvas holding \l _ WG, .fractor .l'r'ailcr & (Non-1).ansport) valid tiorn t3.0(1.200 to 12.()ri 2022, tractor and traile r' ('IransporrI verlid upto 20.07.20 l2 and as such. t rr: drivcr was not holdi,g spccific driving ricense to crri'e the road roiler r-hich is a special class vehicle. 81 contending as atroi,e, it is prayed thal he Appeal should he aliowed by scttrnq asidc the order passed bv the learnc I T.ribunat. i0. Lear,ed c.Lrnsel tirr trre appe ant further contc.(r <r that the rearned 'l .ibunal ought ,ot t. ha'e grantc'cl interest ar r.5%o 1 . r., rvhich is more t'an lc.cling arrd ,r'cvailing rates oi Resen'c Bank < I India as per the .iudgment of the Hon'ble Apex Courl in ,4nthony Sn aar l s case.

11. I havc gi'g11 my earnest consideration to the contLrt tions advanced 5

12. Upon perusal of the record, the accident is not in dispute' and the leamedTribunalawardedtheCompensationtakingintoconsiderationthe contribution of the deceased towards the claimants' which is about Rs.30,000/- p.a. only and applied multiplier ol' l5 besides awarding an amountofRs.50,000ltowardslossolloveandaffection'inallthelcamed Tribunal granted compensation ol Rs 5,00,000/- under all Heads 'l-he learned 'Iribunal is justitied in grarrting thc said compensation' I {

13. 1'hough, several issucs are raised, since Motor Vehicles Act is a piece ol beneficial and social rvclfare legistation enacted with the ob'iect of providing just and rcasonable compensation to victims of road accidents and their dependants, its provisions are required to be interpreted liberally so as to advance the purpose tbr rvhich the statute has been enacted' rather than to defeat it on technical grounds'

14. In the present case, this Court finds that the learned Tribunal has duly appreciated the evidence on record and has passed a well-reasoned order in consonance with the settted principles goveming motor accident claims. No iltegality, perversity or infirmity has been pointed out warranting interference by this Court Accordingly' this Court deems it appropriate to confirm the order passed by the leamed Tribunal' 6

15. Accoldingh,. M.A.('.M.A.No. l49g of ?_0)3 irlonq u,ith a ll connectcd applicrrti.ns. is ciisrnissecl. 'l her-e shall be no r r i--r as to costs

16. ,\s ri sctlurl. miscellaneous petitiorrs pendins. anr', shall stand clr-'scd..J'lrerc shall be no orcler as to costs. \ To ,TRUE COPY' SD/-. N.JAWAHAR REDDY I STANT RE SECTION OFFICER /1:lt \/ -----< Warangal.(with records if any) 1 The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal - Cum - | 2. One CC to Sri. Kondadi Ajay Kumar Advocate [OpU( 3. One CC to Sri Ennamsetty Akhit Advocate [OpUCj 4- Two CD Copies Addl District Judge, o I -{iii R) L /O L, 0 ri ,tll I ll)?E d(.,. I I ,],... HIGH COURT DATED:2211212O25 JUDGMENT MACMA.No.'1498 of 2023 DISMISSED THE MACMA IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD MONDAY,THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF DECENNBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GADI PRAVEEN KUMAR MOTOR ACCIDENT CIVIL MISC ELLANEOUS APPEAL NO: 1498 OF 2023 Between: IFTCO TOKIO General lnsurance Co.Ltd ,, Branch Office Opp 99tl ( Hanamkonda Branch, First Floor. Sai Arcade, Near Tl\'4-C, ^ Adalat' ff unamionOa, Warangal Drstrict. Rep by lts Legal Managgr. BRR Complex 6-3-1'107 and 6-3-1158. 1st Floor Above HSBC Bank Raj Bhavan Road Somajiguda. Hyderabad Ap pella nURes po n d ent No.3 AND 1 Vankudothu Kannayya alias Kannaiah, S/o' Chandru Agee 35 years, Occ: Agriculture

2. Vankudothu Kavitha, Wo. Kannayya alias Kannarah . Age 27 years, Occ' House hold, BothareR/o.ThallakuntaThanda,H/o.D.CThandaVillage'Wardhannapet Mandal, Warangal District ... Respondents/Petitioners

3. Banothu Earya ,, S/o.Sunder Age Ivlaior, .Occ. Driver of Crime Vehicle' - R/o. Enugallu'Viiiage, Parvathagiri tt/andal. Warangal District'

4.lVlandaRavi,S/o.sanjeeva.AgeMajor,Occ.Ownerofthecrimevehicle, R/o 11 No 23-2-5917,'lndira N;gar Colony, Near Governrnent High School' New Shayampet, Hanamkonda, Warangal District' . Res pondents/Res Pondents Appeal filed u/sec.173 Motor Vehicles Act against the order and decree tn M.V.O.P.No.495 0f 2010 daled 27 to9l2o22 0n the file of the court of the chairman Motor Accident Claims Tribunal-Cum- I Addl District Judge, Warangal' Thrs appeal coming on for hearing and upon perusing the grounds of appe^al' the Judgment and Decree of the court below and the material papers in the tVlVoP EY and upon hearing the arguments of Sri,Konda Ajay Kunr rr Advocate for the Appellant and of Srr Ennamsetty Akhil, Advocate for the Resp tndent No.4 This Court doth orderr and decree as follows D rsrl rssed . 1 That the lvlAOi!'lA along wrth all connected applicatrons t e'and hereby rs 2 Ihal save as 'rforesaid the decree of the Tribunal sh:.1 s;tands confirmed in 3 That there slra ll)e no order as to costs in this appeal all other res c,e cts and SD/- ASS [. t; JAWAHAR REDDY TANT REGISTRAR a, I I I .SECTION OFFICER //TRUE COPY// The Charrnran ll4otor Accident Claims Tribunal - Cu r - I Additional District Judge Warangal Two CD Cop es 2 To, € HIGH COURT DATED:-22112t2O25 DECREE MACMA.No.1498 of 2023 DISMISSED THE MACMA