MACMA/3739/2012 of THE UNITED INDIA INSURANCE COPANY LIMITED Vs GORUSU LAKSHMI AND 3 OTHERS

APHC010705592012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH [3365] AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY ,THE FIFTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE DR V R K KRUPA SAGAR MOTOR ACCIDENT CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL NO: 3739/2012 AND I.A.NO.2/2017 (CROSS-OBJECTIONS (S.R.) NO.11048 of 2017) Between: The United India Insurance Company Limited ...APPELLANT AND Gorusu Lakshmi And 3 Others and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Appellant: 1. NARESH BYRAPANENI Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. S.N.K.MAHANTHI The Court made the following: 2 Dr. VRKS, J M.A.C.M.A.No.3739 of 2012 & I.A.No.2 of 2017 THE HON’BLE JUSTICE Dr. V.R.K.KRUPA SAGAR M.A.C.M.A.No.3739 of 2012 and I.A.No.2 of 2017 (Cross-Objections (S.R.) No.11048 of 2017) JUDGMENT: The Insurance Company preferred M.A.C.M.A.No.3739 of 2012 under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 assailing the award dated 07.09.2007 of the learned Chairman, Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-I Additional District and Sessions Judge, Visakhapatnam (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Claims Tribunal’) in M.O.P.No.152 of 2005. 2. Questioning the inadequacy of compensation, the legal representatives