MACMA/49/2022 of THE APSRTC REP BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR Vs Padiga Madhu,

APHC010061592022 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3367] (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY ,THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V SRINIVAS MOTOR ACCIDENT CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL NO: 49/2022 Between: The Apsrtc Rep By Its Managing Director ...APPELLANT AND Padiga Madhu and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Appellant: K VISWANATHAM (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-Principal District Judge at Kurnool (hereinafter called as ‘the Tribunal’) in M.V.O.P.No.255 of 2016 dated 08.10.2021. 2. The appellant is the APSRTC/owner of the Bus bearing No.AP 21Z 0497 (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 10.11.2014 at about 10.00 p.m., while the