The High Court · 2025

5 SriErukata Sreepat, S/o Pedda Nasappa, on"o ,orllrjT:":::"::i:H: vehicle, bearing no. TS 0B UF 9383, R/o H No. 8- 10, YernaganpallyVillage, Manthan Goud Mandal, Mahaboobnagar District- 509 353.

6. Sri Krishna Polymers, Rept- by its lt4anaging Director Sri Krishna, Having its registered office at GFG6 + G3J, IDA Jeedimetla, Ramreddy Nagar, Quthbullapur Mandal, Medchal Malkajgiri District- 500 055. ...Respondents/1't and 2nd Respondents i.'. :1"-!i-:.1#:a l.A. No. 3 oF 2024 Petition under Section 151 of CPC praying that in the o cumstances stated in the affidavit filed in supporl of the petition, the High Court rr I y be pleased to grant stay of operation of decree and judgment dated 1 '1- 03- 2024 I lV. V. O P No. 209 of 2022 on the file of the lt,4otor Accident Claims Tribunal- curr Principal District and Sessions Judge, at Sanga Reddy, pending disposal of the ma i M.A.C.M A herein. Counsel for the Appellant: SRI HARINATH REDDY SOMA Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 4: Ms. SHALINI DOll Hl, REPRESENTING SRI P VENKAT RE I IDY The Court made the following: JUDGMENT IN THE HIGII COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD. THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GADT PRAVEEN KUMAR M.A.C.M. A. No.t5l3 of2024 Datc of Order t 22-12-2025 Between : M/s.Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Cornpany I-td. Appcllant And 1 . Vadde Santosh, W/o.Late Vadde Krishna and five others. Respon<.1ents .ITIDGMENT: Heard Sri Harinath Reddy Soma, leaLned counsel fbr the appellarLt and Ms.shalini Donthi, lear.ned counsel representing Sri P.Venkat Reddy, leamed counsel for r:espondent Nos.1 to 4, and perused the record

2. The present Appeat is filed by' the appellant Insurance Cotnpany being aggrieved by the Au'ard datect 11.032024 passed by the learncd Motor Accidents claim Tribunal-curn- Principat l)istrict and sessions Judge, Sangareddy (for short 'the Tribunal) in M'\u O'P'No209 of 2022 allowing the claim of the clairnants and directing the appellant and respondent Nos.5 and 6 pa1' to the claiuarlts a sr'tm of lts l1,45,000i- 2 tos,ards conrpcnsation u,ith interest at 7.5Yo p.a. from ho date ol filing of the clairn till d:rtc of rcalization

3. I hc lacts leading to lile the OP are thar or1 _ L l 1.2021 at about

19. i5 p.rn., ri hen the deceasecl Vadde Krishna iv r pr.oceeding fiom IsnairLrr to Indrakat-an village on his motor cycle barinrr No. l'S-l5ED-1896 and ri licn he rcaclrcd near Pasharnailararn BpL X F-, ad at Sub-Station. 1'g,spondent No.5 herc being the drive of Mahindra Bol ro (ioods Carriage Vehicic bearing No.'l'S-08tJF-9383, while going in f.,nr of the claimant vchicie at high sl)eed and negligcnt manner, tumed r re I chicle torvards r-ight siclc. as a result ol which, t[-re deceased rvho u'r ; going behind the said rehicle, dashed to the vehicle and sustained heal injury and other in.ir,rries alI ovcr thc body and died on the spot

1. lhe Poiice of BDt. Bhanoor p.S. regist,: ed a case vide Cr.Ncr. 175/2021 under Sectiorr 304-A IpC and af :r complction of invcstigation, tl le:cl charge sheet

5. I he claitnants. bcing the wif-e, children and lat. :r of the deceased lilerd thc OP clairning compensation of Rs.20.00,00..'- stating Lhat the cleccased \\'a.-\ rgeci ,16 ),ears at the time ol acciden _ anrl used to eam Rs.1i.000,t- p.ur. b1' rioing private work. [t was arslr ontcnded that the *7 I I i I l i I I : I : I deceased used to cultivate agriculture in his agricultural land to an extcnt of Ac.3.00 and eam Rs.2,50,000/- per month and contlibuting the fhrnily-

6. Ilespondcnt Nos.l and 2 in the OP, u'ho are rcspttndettt Nos,5 and (> herein rernained expartc. I . The appellant Insurance Conrpanv tilcd counter-aflldar it in thc OI) AS respondent No.3, while denying the avetments tnade in thc OP, contended that the driver of the off'ending '',,chicle did not posscss valid and ellcctive driving license to drivc the vehiclc and that the vchiclc w.as not loadworthy to ply, and that the lnsurance ('ornpany is not liablc to pay an-y- amount to the claimants,

8. . Basing on the above pleadings. the leamcd Tribunal tiamed the lollowing issues ''(l) Ilhether the uccidenl occm.retl ott 0i.ll202l ut ubout llt. l5 p.m. near Pashamailaram Bl'1. ,Y futud ut .\uh Sk iot't. utt'u rtLl lut b thc rash and negligent driving o/ 1"' rc.sponclenl ol vchiclL' ht:n ing No.l S-08UF-9383? r2) I{hcther the DECEASI'.D l'nltlL' Kri.shnu dietl u: u rcsuh o/ injuries sustained in lhe said ut:cidenl./ (3) Il/lrcther lhe pelilioncr urr: antitlr:l f itr t'onrpcrt.ttr!iorr rf :o v lrul i.\ th(J qudnlunt o.f coDtpcnsuli(,n tuul li rttrt t ltit lt of lltt rr:l)(,n(l('1t.,.) rI 4 ( 1) '[ r.t t;lttt relicf)'

9. Belbre the Icarned Tribunal. on behall-of the cla rnants. P.Ws.l and 2 r"n r:rc cxar]iir rcci and goL markcd Exs.A- I to A-5. On belral 1' of the apocllant, R.\\i. I rvas erarnined and got marked Ers.B- to Ll-5.

10. I'hc learrred '['ribunat, basing on the pleadings art upon appreclatron of cr idence on record, held that fbr calcr,rlating tl l present loss ol- dcccasecl, nlonihl], incorne o1'the deceased was taken r ; Rs, t0.0001, l/41r' iras Lo br- cledLrclcd tou'ards his personal atld living ( rpenses, and alier de<lucting l/,1'r' i.e. (R-s.10,000 2,5001-), the mont rly income ol the deceased cor.ncs to Rs.7,5001 and Rs.90,000/- per am.r n (Rs.7,500 x 12), thercatier aclding a suur of Rs.40,000/- towards I: rs of consofiiurn, ILs. I i.0(X)/- torvards loss of estate, Rs. 15,000/- towarJ ; funeral expenscs and lts.-5000r- towards transporl expenses, grant l l an amount of Its. tl..l5.0Ll0i- Lowards cornpensation under all Heads. I l. i-carncd counscl lor thc appellant contended that hc cleceased (rider o1'thc rnotol cr'clc) r.,"'as not u,earing protective heacl -rear/heltnet at [hc time of accident and as such, by not wearing the hr: n1et. thc deceased contrihuted to lris rieath aird as such, the Insurance Ccr rpanv is not liable ao pi1\ ;Il_y i1111()L rI tO thC Clirimants ) 1 I I I i

12. Leamed counscl for the appellant fufther contendcd that the drivct of rhe offbnding vehicle i.e. Mahindra Bolero Cioods ('aLtiage do not posscss valid driving licensc and on this ground also' the aivard passed b1 thc leamed -I ribunal is liable to bc set aside. li. On thc other hand, learned counsel appearing on bchalf of claimants ooutended that thc learned'fribunat has rightll awardcd c()lll pellsrtioll an(l thc altegarion ol the appellant that the driver of the olterrtling r clriclc docs noL Posscss valid driving licence cannot bc considered itt rie$ Ilis Ilon- l ) cxanrination and not pleading regardi[rg the same bc{ble thc lcamccl l ribunal. l1 I have given my earnest consideration to the contcrltiolrs advancecl on eitl-rer sidc.

15. Adurittedly, the accident is not in dispLrte and that thc cleccascd appears to have dicd at the age of 46 years leaving behirrd his ii, if'e, trvtr chilclren along with old age father.

16. Ihough, a claitn of Rs.20,00,000/- was made, thc learned lribtrrral r.csl"ricted thc claim by granting a sum of Rs.12,.15,000i- corrsidcring thc rnonthly incotne of the deceased as Rs. 1 0,000/- 6 1i. Sincc. the lcarned Iribunal has duly apprecirrrr I the eviclence on rccorcj ar)(i passc(l a reas()nable ()r'der in consonanc-. iith thc princiPles g()\'!-nrins thc \lotor' \'chiclc Accidcnts Claints, I do ,r. llnd an1., illegalin ol pcrYcrsity or inllrrnitr, tlrcreirr wafranting intert'ercrrct by this court Itt. Accordingh', N4.n.('.lVI.A.No. l5ll of 2021. alons wirh all corrnected applicrrtions. is rlisniissed..l'hr:re shall be no i rder as to costs. SD/- VI JAWAHAR REDDY AS! ISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// ( (: - SECTION OFFICER

1. The chairman Motor Accident craims Tribunar-cunr principar District - Sessions Judge. Sangareddy. 2. One CC to Sri Harinaih Reddy Soma, Advocate [OpU() 3 !ne CC ro Sri p Venkat Redjy Advocaa" iopnal 4. Two CD Copies To, ABK HIGH COURT DATED: 2211212025 JUDGMENT MACMA.No.1513 of 2024 tx- Ai€ i a-) $ E rt) lu[ j'., . .../. ,';--'- DISMISSING THE MACMA WITHOUT COSTS 6 Q-t rv-- \e,1, \ 13487 l IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GADI PRAVEEN KUMAR MOTOR ACCIDENT CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL NO: 1513 oF 2024 Between: AND M/s Cholamandalam MS General lnsurance Company Ltd., Represented by its Manager, 1-2-7312 and 1-2- 63 to 64, No. 302, 3rd Floor, S. R. Arcade, Parklane, Hyderabad. ...Appellant /3'd Respondents

1. Vadde Santosha, W/o Late Vadde Krishna, Aged 35 years, Occ: Housewife, R/o H. No. 3- 65, Mubarakpur Village, Navabpet Mandal, Vikarabad District- 509 340.

2. Vadde Siva Shanker, S/o Late Vadde Krishna, Aged 14 years, Occ: Student, R/o H. No. 3- 65, Mubarakpur Village, Navabpet Mandal, Vikarabad District- 509 340.

3. Vadde Madhu Pnya, D/o Late Vadde Krishna, Aged 6 years, Occ: . Student, R/o H. No. 3- 65, Mubarakpur Village, Navabpet Mandal, Vikarabad Districl 509 340. (Respondents no.2 and 3 being minors are rept. by their mother and natural guardian, Respondent no. '1)

4. Vadde Thirumalaiah, S/o Late Papaiah, Aged 74 years, Occ: Nil, R/o H. No. 3- 65, Mubarakpur Village, Navabpet Mandal, Vikarabad District- 509 340. ...Respondents/Petitioners

5. Sri Erukala Sreepal, S/o Pedda Nagappa, Aged 30 Years, Occ: Driver of Crime vehicle, bearing no. TS 08 UF 9383, R/o H. No. B- 10, Yernaganpally Village, Manthan Goud Mandal, Mahaboobnagar District- 509 353.

6. Sri Krishna Polymers, Rept. by its Managing Director Sri Krishna, Having its registered office at GFG6 + G3J, IDA Jeedimetla, Ramreddy Nagar, Quthbullapur Mandal, Medchal tr/lalkajgiri Diskict- 500 055. ...Respondents/1"t and 2nd Respondents -=:= Appeal Under Section 1 73 of Motor Vehicles Act aga i rst the Judgment and Decree in M.V.O.P.No. 209 of 2022 dated l1-03-2024onthE ile of the Court of the Chairman Motor Accident Claims Tribunal-cum-Principal t istrict and Sessions Judge, Sangareddy ORDER: This appeal coming on for hearing and upon 1; rrusing the grounds of appeal, the Judgment and Decree of the Tribunal and the rraterial papers in the tt/IVOP and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Harinath Red: r Soma, Advocate for the Appellant and of Sri D.Shalini, Advocate appeared on tr' half of Sri P. Venkat Reddy. Advocate for the Respondent Nos. 1 to 4. This Court doth Order and Decree as follows

1. That the li/ACMA be and hereby is Dismissed; 2. That save as aforesaid, the decree of the Tribunal hall stands confirmed in all other respects; and

3. That there shall be no order as to costs in this appe i L SD/- II JAWAHAR REDDY ASi] STANT REGISTRAR ./ 4.-- SECTION OFFICER //TRUE COPY// To, 1 . The Chairman Motor Accident Claims Tribunal-curr- )rincipal District and Sessions Judge, Sangareddy.

2. Two CD Copies. HIGH COURT DATED: 2211212025 DECREE MACMA.No.1513 ot 2024 DISMISSING THE MACMA WITHOUT COSTS h l*t" 30 I