The High Court of Andhra Pradesh has held that an appeal under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC) is maintainable against a decree passed in a Fatal Accident Original Petition (FAOP) filed under Section 1A of the Fatal Accidents Act, 1855. A Division Bench comprising Justice Ravi Nath Tilhari and Justice Balaji
Fatal Accident Claims Must Be Registered as Civil Suits, Not Petitions: Andhra Pradesh High Court
