JUDGMENT

1. The present respondent No.1, as a claimant had instituted a claim petition under 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (hereinafter for brevity referred to as "the M.V. Act") in M.V.C.No.69/2014, before the Court of the learned Senior Civil Judge and Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Chinthamani, (hereinafter for brevity referred to as "the Tribunal"), against the present respondents No.2 to 4 and the present appellant, arraigning them as respondents, claiming a compensation of a sum of Rs.25, 00, 000.00 with interest thereupon for the grievous injuries sustained by him on account of the road traffic accident.

2. The summary of the case of the claimant before the Tribunal was that, he, as a driver of Lorry bearing registration No.AP-09/TA-1658 along with Lorry cleaner Sri. Harinath Reddy was proceeding from RCL Priya Cement Factory to Bangalore. On the way near Loluru Cross of Singamala Mandalam, Ananthapura District, Andhra Pradesh on the date 7/5/2011, at about 4:30 a.m., a vehicle was coming from opposite side by putting its head lights on. Due to the headlight of the said opposite side vehicle, he (the claimant) could not notice a parked Lorry bearing registration No.AP