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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI
A.HARI HARANADHA SARMA
Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation – Appellant
Versus
Akana Venkateswara Rao (Died) – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
A. HARI HARANADHA SARMA, J.
1. Respondent No.2 (A.P.S.R.T.C) in M.V.O.P.No.978 of 2009, feeling aggrieved by the order and decree dated 25.04.2012 passed therein by the Chairman, Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Tribunal-cum-VI Additional District Judge, Fast Track Court, Narsapur (for short “the learned MACT”), filed the present appeal disputing the liability and quantum of compensation ordered.
2. Respondent Nos.1 to 3 herein are the claimants. Respondent No.4 herein is the driver of the A.P.S.R.T.C. bus bearing No.AP 11 Z 262 (hereinafter referred to as “the offending vehicle”) owned by the appellant and he is the proforma party in this appeal. He remained ex parte before the learned MACT.
3. For the sake of convenience, the parties are hereinafter referred to as the petitioners and the respondents, as and how they are arrayed in the proceedings before the learned MACT.
Case of the claimants:
4. One Akana Devi (hereinafter referred to as “the deceased”) is the wife of claimant No.1 and mother of claimant Nos.2 and 3. She was aged about 34 years, hale and healthy, attending tailoring and lace work. She boarded the offending vehicle on 07.07.2009 for travelling to Narsapur. When
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