B. Manohar, J.

United India Insurance Company Limited has filed this appeal challenging the legality and correctness of the judgment and order dated 28.03.2008 made in WCA:SR-115/2007 passed by the Labour Officer and Commissioner for Workmen's Compensation, Sub Division-1, Belagavi (hereinafter referred to as 'the WCC', for short).

2. The 1st respondent herein filed the claim petition inter alia contending that he was working as a driver in a jeep bearing registration No.KA-23/M-2974 belonging to the 2nd respondent herein. On 03.09.2006, as per the instructions of the owner of the vehicle, while proceeding from Athani to Satti village, a KSRTC bus bearing registration No.KA-25/F-1918 driven by its driver in a rash and negligent manner came and dashed against the jeep. Due to the said impact, the claimant sustained grievous injuries to right leg, left shoulder and other parts of the body. Immediately after the accident, he took treatment in the Government Hospital, Athani, as an inpatient for a period of two days. Thereafter, he was shifted to Chandrapattana hospital, Miraj, wherein he took treatment as an inpatient from 07.09.2006 to 28.09.2006. In the accident, he sustaine