IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL NO : 175 of 2000 (Appeal under Section 173 of M.V. Act against the order/decree in OP No. 157 of 1994 dated 31/12/1998 on the file of the court of the District Judge, and MACT at Srikakulam. ) Between: 1 Smt. Routhu Narayanamma W/o. Late Suryanarayana 2 Routhu Raju D/o. Late Suryanarayana ..... APPELLANT(S) AND 1 Sri Pakalapati Sivarama Satyanarayana Raju S/o. Sitharamaraju R/o. H.No. 68, Stadium Colony, Vizianagaram. 2 Sri M. Satyanarayana Raju R/o. D.No. 19-5-21, Kanukurthi Vari Street, Vizianagaram. 3 National Insurance Co. Ltd, rep. by its Branch Manager , Vizianagaram. 4 Sri Routhu Setanna S/o. Late Parasayya R/o. Lankapeta Vill, Denkada Mandal, Vizianagaram District. 5 Smt. Routhu Pydamma W/o. Setanna R/o. Lankapeta Vill, Denkada Mandal, Vizianagaram District. .....RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Appellant: SRI VENKATESWARA RAO GUDAPATI, ADVOCATE For the respondent No. 3: SRI S. BHARATHI DEVI ADVOCATE For the Respondent No’s 1,2,4 and 5: NONE APPEARED The Court delivered the following JUDGEMENT: SD/- T. VENKATESWARA RAO ASST. REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER TO:- 1. The District Judge and Motor accident Claims Tribunal, at Srikakulam ( with records ) 2. 2 c.d. copes. 3. 1 c.c. to SRI VENKATESWARA RAO GUDAPATI, ADVOCATE (OPUC) 4. 1 C.C. TO SRI S. BHARATHI DEVI ADVOCATE (OPUC) HIGH COURT 26/03/2009 JUDGMENT CMA. NO. 175 OF 2000 Partly allowing the Appeal And without costs. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL NO : 175 of 2000 Between: 1 Smt. Routhu Narayanamma W/o. Late Suryanarayana 2 Routhu Raju D/o. Late Suryanarayana ..... APPELLANTS AND 1 Sri Pakalapati Sivarama Satyanarayana Raju S/o. Sitharamaraju R/o. H.No. 68, Stadium Colony, Vizianagaram. 2 Sri M. Satyanarayana Raju R/o. D.No. 19-5-21, Kanukurthi Vari Street, Vizianagaram. 3 National Insurance Co. Ltd, rep. by its Branch Manager , Vizianagaram. 4 Sri Routhu Setanna S/o. Late Parasayya R/o. Lankapeta Vill, Denkada Mandal, Vizianagaram District. 5 Smt. Routhu Pydamma W/o. Setanna R/o. Lankapeta Vill, Denkada Mandal, Vizianagaram District. .....RESPONDENTS Appeal under Section 173 of M.V. Act against the order/ of the court of the district Judge and MACT, at Srikakulam dated 31-12-98 made in O.P. No. 157 of 1994. This appeal coming o n for hearing and upon perusing the Memorandum o f Appeal, the orders o f the Lower Court and the material papers i n the case, and upon hearing the arguments o f M r. G . Venkateswara Rao Advocate, for the Appellants, and o f M r . S. Bharathi Devi Advocate for the Respondent No. 3 and Respondent No’s 1,2,4 and 5 not appearing in Person or by the Advocate. This court while allowing the Appeal in part and in modification of the decree of the Tribunal, doth order and decree as follows:- 1. That the amount of compensation - awarded by the Tribunal, be and hereby is enhanced from Rs. 1,25,000/- to Rs. 1,40,000/- 2. That the enhanced amount of compensation of Rs. 15,000/- shall carry interest at the rate of 7.5% per annum from the date of claim till realization. 3. That save as aforesaid the decree of the Lower Court shall stated confirmed in all other respects ; and 4. That there be no order as to costs in this Civil Miscellaneous Appeal. Sd/- T. VENKATESWAR RAO ASST. REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER 1. The District Judge and Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, at Srikakulam ( with records ). 2. 2 c.d. copies. Ags HIGH COURT Dt: 26-03-2009 DECREE CMA. NO. 175 of 2000 Partly allowing the Appeal And without costs.