JUDGMENT

The present appeal is preferred by the appellant/petitioner aggrieved by the order and decree dated 05.09.2005 in M.V.O.P.No.169 of 2003 passed by the II Additional District Judge- cum-Chairman, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Madanapalle (hereinafter referred to as ‘Claims Tribunal’), wherein, an amount of Rs.1,25,000/- was awarded as against the total claim of Rs.4,00,000/- towards the compensation for the injuries sustained by the appellant/petitioner.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are hereinafter referred to as they were arrayed before the Claims Tribunal in the original petition.

3. The petitioner filed the above said O.P., stating inter alia that on 06.01.2003 when he was returning to his home, after attending duty on his motor cycle bearing No.AP02-G-4224 and reached Sugalimitta bus stop on Punganuru-Madanapalle main road, a bus bearing No.AP03-U-4309 driven in a rash and negligent manner by its driver, hit him while trying to overtake, as a result he fell down and sustained grievous injuries including the fractures over his left shoulder and left thigh. It is further stated that the petitioner was shifted to Government Hospital, Punganuru and from there