MACMA/243/2022 of The APSRTC Vs Gosaripalli Shabjan

APHC010279922022 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3367] (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY ,THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V SRINIVAS MOTOR ACCIDENT CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL NO: 243/2022 Between: The Apsrtc ...APPELLANT AND Gosaripalli Shabjan and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Appellant: N SRIHARI ( SC FOR APSRTC ) Counsel for the Respondent(S): KOTHAPALLI AISHWARYA CHOWDARY The Court made the following: JUDGMENT: This appeal is directed against the order of the Chairman, Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Tribunal-cum-Principal District Judge at Anantapuram (hereinafter called as ‘the Tribunal’) in M.V.O.P.No.135 of 2016 dated 04.01.2022. 2. The appellant is the APSRTC/owner of the Bus bearing No.AP 02 Z 0115 (hereinafter referred to as “crime us”). 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 22.10.2012 at about 06.30 p.m.,