JUDGMENT :

V. GOPALA KRISHNA RAO, J.

1. The appellant is 2nd respondent/Insurance company and the respondents are claim petitioner and respondent Nos.1 and 3 in M.V.O.P.No. 773 of 2011 on the file of the Chairman, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal-cum-VI Additional District Judge, Visakhapatnam. The appellant filed the appeal questioning the legal validity of the order of the Tribunal.

2. For the sake of convenience, both the parties in the appeal will be referred to as they are arrayed in the claim petition.

3. The claim petitioner filed the petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 read with Rule 455 of the A.P.M.V. Rules, 1989 claiming compensation of Rs.2,00,000/- for the injuries sustained by him in a motor vehicle accident that took place on 29.10.2010.

4. The brief averments in the petition filed by the petitioner are as follows:

On 29.10.2010 the petitioner was proceeding on his motor cycle bearing registration No. AP 31AU 9346 from Tallapalem and after crossing Sunkarametta in Sabbavaram road when he reached near the bridge, an oil tanker lorry bearing registration No. AP 35T 3709 being driven by its driver in a rash and negligent manner came in opposite direction