ELIPE DHARMA RAO, J.

( 1 ) HEARD the learned Counsel for the appellants and also the respondents.

( 2 ) THE above five appeals can be disposed of by a common judgment, as these appeals arise out of a common judgment in OP Nos. 271, 248, 485, 247 and 486 of 1988 respectively, dt. 17-8-1989 on the file of the Chairman (Additional District judge), Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, khammam.

( 3 ) THE accident took place on 20-2-1988 when the Andhra Pradesh State Road transport Corporation (hereinafter referred as the Corporation) hired bus bearing no. AEK-4899 reached near Mangapuram major Canal situated in between venkatapuram and Gokinapally villages, the bus turned turtle to its right side in a road side ditch as the driver of the bus lost control over the steering of the bus due to its driving in a rash and negligent manner at high speed, as a result of which one passenger by name B. P. Kanaka ratnam succumbed to the injuries at government Hospital, Khammam and that ananthalaxmi, Seetharamamma, Pandu ranga Murthy and some other passenger who were travelling in the bus received fractures grievous and multiple injuries all over the body. The police registered a case in Crime No. 12/198

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