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A. V. RAVINDRA BABU
Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation – Appellant
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Katru Sangeetha Rao S/o Babu Rao – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
A.V. RAVINDRA BABU, J.
1. The Court made the following Judgment: Challenge in this Motor Accidents Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is to the Award, dated 12.02.2016, in M.V.O.P. No. 154 of 2015 on the file of Chairman, Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-II Additional District Judge, West Godavari, Eluru (for short, ‘the Tribunal’) whereunder the Tribunal, dealing with a claim of compensation made by the claimant for Rs.5,00,000/- on account of the injuries received by him in a motor vehicle accident which was occurred on 19.09.2014, awarded a sum of Rs.6,47,000/- towards compensation, with interest at the rate of 7.5% p.a. from the date of petition till the date of deposit.
2. The parties to this Appeal will hereinafter be referred to as described before the Tribunal, for the sake of convenience.
3. The case of the claimant, in brief, according to the averments set out in the claim, before the Tribunal, is that on 19.09.2014 at about 06:00 p.m. the petitioner and two others while returning to Perampet Village on a Hero Honda Splendor Motorcycle bearing No. AP 37 BP 4335 reached near Ayyappa Swamy Temple, Guravaigudem of Jangareddygudem Mandal at about 07:30 p.m. At that time, AP
The judgment reinforces the principle that compensation for motor vehicle accidents should reflect the severity of injuries and the negligence of the responsible party.
The court upheld the Tribunal's decision on compensation, affirming that the claimant proved the driver's negligence and the assessed disability of 40%.
The main legal point established in the judgment is the determination of liability for a motor vehicle accident under Section 166(1)(c) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, based on evidence of rash and ....
The main legal point established is the assessment of compensation under Section 166 of the M.V. Act 1988 for injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident.
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