JUDGMENT :

Heard the arguments of Sri Aravala Rama Rao, learned Standing Counsel for the APSRTC/appellant/respondent No.3 and Smt. A.Jayanthi, learned counsel for the respondent No.3/Insurance Company.

2. This appeal directed by the appellant/APSRTC challenging the Order and Decree dated 03.03.2012 passed in M.V.O.P.No.402 of 2008 by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-I Additional District Judge, Kurnool (hereinafter referred to “Tribunal”).

3. Parties are referred to as they were arrayed in the proceedings before the learned Tribunal, for the sake of convenience.

4. The claimant/respondent No.1 filed the petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for brevity “the Act”) claiming compensation of Rs.1,00,000/- for the personal injuries sustained by the claimant in a motor vehicle accident occurred on 18.05.2006 at about 4.15 PM near Rangapur village on NH-7 road.

5. The case of the claimant is that he was travelling in APSRTC hire bus bearing registration No.AP22 U 1891 on 18.05.2006; at about 4.15 PM the bus reached a place near K.M. mile stone No.161/2 within the limits of Rangapur village on NH-7 road; the driver of the bus drove the vehicle in a rash and negligen