JUDGMENT :

The appellant is respondent/APSRTC and the respondent is petitioner in M.V.O.P.No.636 of 2010 on the file of the Chairman, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal-cum-IV Additional District Judge, Kurnool. The appellant filed the instant 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 application.

3. The claim petitioner filed the petition under Section 166 (1) (c) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 claiming compensation of Rs.8,00,000/- for the injuries sustained by him in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on 10.03.2009.

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

On 10.03.2009 the petitioner was proceeding to Kurnool in APSRTC bus bearing registration No.AP 10Z 6696 and when the said bus reached near Cancer Hospital situated near Penchikalapadu village, the driver of the bus drove the same in a rash and negligent manner with high speed and dashed against a lorry which was coming in opposite direction, as a result, the petitioner sustained grievous injuries. The respondent/APSRTC being the owner of the offending