( 1 ) THIS appeal was filed by the claimant injured against the judgment and decree dated 27. 9. 1995 in O. P. No. 614 of 1993 on the file of the Chairman, motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (I Addl. Distt. Judge), Guntur, being aggrieved by the amount of compensation of Rs. 45,000 awarded by the Tribunal below for the injuries sustained by him in a motor vehicle accident that was occurred on 2. 4. 1993 when the petitioner was travelling in RTC bus bearing No. AAZ 7000 to go to Macherla, and as there was no accommodation in the bus, he sat on the top of the bus at the instructions of the conductor, and when the bus crossed Uppalapadu village, the driver drove it in a rash and negligent manner as a result of which it hit a cha- pata (bridge) on the road, as a result of the impact, the petitioner and some others fell down from the bus and sustained injuries. The petitioner was shifted to Government hospital, Macherla and later he was shifted to Government General Hospital, Guntur for expert treatment, and one of the injured persons died in the Government Hospital. The petitioner sustained grievous injury on his spinal cord and suffered multiple fractures and other injuries