B. S. A. SWAMY, J.

( 1 ) THIS L. P. A. is filed against the award of the Motor Accidents claims Tribunal, Ranga Reddy in O. P. No. 679 of 1989 dated 30. 5. 1991 as confirmed by the learned single Judge of this court in c. M. A. No. 1724 of 1991 dated 2. 8. 1999.

( 2 ) THE appellant before us is a practising Orthopaedic Surgeon. After staying for about seven years in Gulf country, he came back to India and started working as a consultant in Apollo Hospital and in Sri padmavathi Orthopaedic and Surgical Clinic. On the fateful day, i. e. , on 16. 6. 1989 at about 3. 30 p. m. when the appellant was returning home on his scooter, lorry bearing No. ATS 7373 came from behind him and due to rash and negligent driving of the driver, appellant was dragged by the lorry to a certain distance and he sustained not only multiple bruises and contusions, but also sustained hairline fracture to his pubis bone. With the result, he was hospitalized for about three months and after coming back to home, he was compelled to take rest for another three months and thereafter he started working from January, 1990. He lodged the claim petition for about Rs. 2,00,000 under different heads, as under: (i)

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