MACMA/56/2022 of ANDHRA PRADESH ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION Vs PARUCHURI HARI

APHC010065072022 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: 56/2022 Between: Andhra Pradesh Road Transport Corporation ...APPELLANT AND Paruchuri Hari and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Appellant: SOLOMON RAJU MANCHALAFOR (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-III Additional District Judge at Nellore (hereinafter called as ‘the Tribunal’) in M.V.O.P.No.139 of 2017 dated 10.03.2020. 2. The appellant is the APSRTC/owner of the Bus bearing No.AP 26 Z 0091 (hereinafter referred to as “crime bus”). The respondent No.1 is the claimant before the Tribunal. The respondent No.2 is the driver of the said crime bus. 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 05.04.2015 at about 10.00 a.m., while the cl