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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI
B.S.BHANUMATHI
APSRTC – Appellant
Versus
Gandlaparthi Thimmareddy Thimmareddy – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
B.S. BHANUMATHI, J.
1. This appeal has been preferred under section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, against the award and decree, dated 29.07.2024, in M.V.O.P.No.192 of 2019 before the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-I-Additional District Judge, Ananthapuramu.
2. The appellant is the respondent No.1, the respondent No.1 is the claimant and the respondent No.2 is the respondent No.2 before the Tribunal. Since the respondent No.2 remained ex parte before the Tribunal, he is shown as ‘not necessary party’ in the appeal in its cause title.
3. The facts stated in the claim petition are briefly as follows:-
On 05.03.2018 at about 12.00 noon, the claimant and his wife were proceeding on a motor cycle bearing No.AP-02-AA-9841 from their village to Ananthapuramu. When they reached near the place of accident, the respondent No.2, the driver of a A.P.S.R.T.C. bus bearing No.AP-02-Z-205 of the respondent No.1 driven it in a rash and negligent manner and dashed against the motor cycle of the claimant on its rear side. As a result, the claimant and his wife fell down on road and sustained grievous injuries. He was treated in the Government Hospital, Ananthapuramu and later in a pr
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