JUDGMENT:-

Challenge in this M.A.C.M.A. is to the award, dated

26.11.2018, in M.V.O.P.No.155 of 2016, on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal – cum – II Additional District Judge, West Godavari at Eluru (‘Tribunal’ for short), whereunder the Tribunal dealing with a claim for compensation made by the claimant, to a tune of Rs.20,00,000/-, with regard to the injuries received by him in a motor vehicle accident, which was occurred on 27.10.2015, at 01.00 p.m., awarded a sum of Rs.22,10,600/-, towards the compensation and permitted the petitioner on deposit to withdraw Rs.12,00,000/- with interest and costs and that the remaining amount has to be kept in fixed deposit for a period of two years. Appellant herein is the unsuccessful respondent No.3, who felt aggrieved of the award of the Tribunal, filed the present M.A.C.M.A. 2. The parties to this M.A.C.M.A. will hereinafter be referred to as described before the learned Tribunal for the sake of convenience.

3. The case of the claimant before the Tribunal, in brief, according to the averments set out in the Motor Vehicle accident claim, is that:

(i) On 27.10.2015 at about 01.00 p.m., the petitioner left his house to go to Gundugo