JUDGMENT :

T. MALLIKARJUNA RAO, J.

1. Aggrieved by the order dated 05.08.2014 in M.V.O.P. No. 1173 of 2011 passed by the Chairman, Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-IV Additional District Judge, Visakhapatnam (for short “the tribunal”) the appellants/respondents 2 and 3 preferred this appeal questioning the award and the liability fastened on them.

2. For convenience's sake, the parties will hereinafter be referred to as arrayed in the M.V.O.P.

3. It is a claim petition filed under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for short ‘M.V. Act’) r/w 455 of A.P.M.V. Rules claiming compensation for an amount of Rs. 3,80,000/- for the injuries sustained by the claimant in a motor accident that took place on 17.04.2011.

4. The claimant’s case is that on 17.04.2011 at about 11.45 AM, when the claimant, along with his wife going to his house on his bike, when he reached the traffic signal area at the police control room, one R.T.C. bus bearing No. AP-10-Z-1922, Route No. 60 ‘C’ (hereinafter referred to as ‘the offending bus’) being driven by its driver, i.e. 1st Respondent in a rash and negligent manner, came from Poorna Market towards the Civil Defence Junction side and dashed the claima