MACMA/169/2025 of APSRTC Vs DASARI KISTAYYA,

APHC011509722012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3367] (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY ,THE SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V SRINIVAS MOTOR ACCIDENT CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL NO: 169/2025 Between: Apsrtc ...APPELLANT AND Dasari Kistayya and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Appellant: VINOD KUMAR TARLADA (SC FOR APSRTC) Counsel for the Respondent(S): The Court made the following: JUDGMENT: This appeal is directed against the order of the Chairman, Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Tribunal-cum-V Additional District Judge, East Godavari at Rajahmundry (hereinafter called as ‘the Tribunal’) in M.V.O.P.No.589 of 2009 dated 16.12.2011. 2. The appellant is the APSRTC/owner of the Bus bearing No.AP 11Z 5300 (hereinafter referred to as “crime bus”). The respondent No.1 herein is the claimant before the Tribunal and respondent No.2 is the driver of the crime bus, respectively. 2 3. For the sake of convenience, the parties hereinafter referred to as they arrayed before the tribunal. 4. The case of the claimant, in the petition before the Tribunal is that: i). On 01.12.2008 at about 04.00 p.m., when the claiman