MACMA/51/2022 of ANDHRA PRADESH ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION Vs SARINGULA VENKATA LAKSHMI

APHC010065262022 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: 51/2022 Between: Andhra Pradesh Road Transport Corporation ...APPELLANT AND Saringula Venkata Lakshmi and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Appellant: SOLOMON RAJU MANCHALAFOR (APSRTC) Counsel for the Respondent(S): N RAVI PRASAD The Court made the following: JUDGMENT: This appeal is directed against the order of the Chairman, Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Tribunal-cum-VII Additional District Judge, Prakasam at Ongole (hereinafter called as ‘the Tribunal’) in M.V.O.P.No.265 of 2015 dated 21.06.2021. 2. The appellant is the APSRTC/owner of the Car bearing No.AP 16Z 0263 (hereinafter referred to as “crime car”). The respondent Nos.1 to 4, who are wife and children of one Saringula Venkatesh (hereinafter called as “the deceased”), are 2 the claimants before the Tribunal and respondent No.2 is the driver of the crime car, respectively. 3. For the sake of convenience, the parties hereinafter referred to as they arrayed before