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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI
B S BHANUMATHI
Bandaru Venkaiah – Appellant
Versus
N.Anjaneyulu – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
B. S. Bhanumathi, J.
This appeal is preferred under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 against the judgment and the decree, dated 27.04.2005, in O.P.No.243 of 2001 on the file of the Chairman, Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-District Judge, Ongole.
2. This appeal was preferred by the claimant. The respondents herein are the respondents before the Tribunal.
3. The case of the appellant / claimant, briefly stated, is as follows:
While the claimant, along with other villagers, was proceeding in a jeep bearing No.AP 04 C 6898 of the respondent No.1 insured with the respondent No.2 on the intervening night of 5/6.05.2000, near Gotlagattu village on Podili-Nandyal road, the driver of the jeep drove it in a rash and negligent manner and lost control over it. As a result, the jeep dashed against a stationed tractor-truck and the claimant and others received injuries and one person died. The police of Konakanamitla Police Station registered a case in Crime No.15 of 2000 against the driver of the jeep and filed charge sheet. The claimant sustained multiple injuries, including the fracture to his both hands. He was shifted to the Government Hospital, Ongole, and later tre
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