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B. V. L. N. CHAKRAVARTHI
National Insurance Company Limited – Appellant
Versus
Grandisila Avinash – Respondent
JUDGMENT:
This appeal is preferred by the 2nd respondent/National Insurance Company Limited, Guntur, challenging the award dated 24.01.2014 passed in M.V.O.P.No.945/2011 on the file of Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-II Addl.District Judge, Guntur, wherein the Tribunal while partly allowing the petition, awarded compensation of Rs.8,83,764/-with interest @ 9% p.a. from the date of petition, till the date of deposit, to the claimant for the injuries sustained by the claimant in a motor vehicle accident.
2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are arrayed as parties in the lower Court.
3. As seen from the record, originally the petitioners filed an application U/s.166 r/w.455 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for brevity “the Act”) claiming compensation of Rs.15,00,000/-on account of the injuries sustained by the petitioner in a motor vehicle accident occurred on 20.12.2010.
4. The facts show that the petitioner is third year B.Tech student in Amara College of Engineering, Narasaraopet. On 30.12.2010, when he was trying to get into Omni bus bearing No. AP 7Y 4578 at Taluka Bus Stop, Sattenapalli, the driver of the bus moved the same in a rash and negligent manner with high speed, as a
The insurance company is liable to pay compensation for an accident involving a vehicle hired to APSRTC, as per the provisions of Section 149 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
The court upheld that hiring does not absolve the insurer's liability and awarded enhanced compensation for the dependents based on just principles.
The main legal point established in the judgment is the determination of liability for a motor vehicle accident under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, and the calculation of compensation based on the de....
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