JUDGMENT :

U. DURGA PRASAD RAO, J.

1. Challenging the order dated 16.12.2009 in M.V.O.P. No. 676 of 2005 passed by learned Chairman, Principal Motor Accident Claims Tribunal-cum-Principal District Judge, Nellore granting compensation of Rs.48,58,400/- against the claim of Rs.70,00,000/- for the death of one Sri Thota Ramesh Babu in APSRTC Bus accident, the respondent-APSRTC filed the instant appeal.

2. The matrix of the case is thus:

(a) The deceased was a Software Engineer working in Satyam Computer Services at Hyderabad. On 15.07.2005 at about 07:30 P.M. when the deceased was proceeding as a pillion rider on a two wheeler driven by his colleague Racharla Siva Prasad on Venkatagiri Cross Road No. 5, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, the offending APSRTC Bus bearing No. AP-10Z-1581 being driven by its driver at high speed and in a rash and negligent manner went and dashed behind the two wheeler, due to which, the deceased who was the pillion rider fell down and the bus ran over him causing his instantaneous death. The two wheeler struck in between bus and its front car and thereby the ride