( 1 ) THIS appeal is taken up for hearing at the admission stage itself by consent of both the learned counsel for the parlies.

( 2 ) THIS appeal is by the Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. , presented under Section 110-D of the Motor Vehicles Act against the Judgment and award made by the motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Bangalore Rural District, Bangalore.

( 3 ) THE only ground urged by the Appellant-Insurance Company is that the claimant was a passenger and, therefore, the liability of the Insurance Company was limited to Rs. 15,000/- and even so, the Tribunal has fixed the liability to pay entire compensation of Rs. 28,000/-together with interest on the Insurance Company.

( 4 ) BRIEFLY stated the facts of the case are these: The stage carriage bearing Registration No. MYA5553 was plying from Magadi to Bangalore on 17-4-1985. The claimant and her mother were passengers in the said vehicle. There was an accident at about /-30 p. m. After P. W. 1 Kali Bai, mother of the claimant, alighted from the bus and the claimant was in Ihe process of alighting from the bus, the bus suddenly moved. She fell down and the left portion of back mudguard of the bus hit her right leg and