THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE G.RADHA RANI CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL No.1146 of 2017

JUDGMENT:

This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed by the appellant – opposite party No.2 (for short O.P.2) – Insurance Company aggrieved by the order dated 03.01.2017 passed in E.C.No.98 of 2012 (NF) by the Commissioner for Employees’ Compensation and Deputy Commissioner of Labor at Nalgonda, under the Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923.

2. The respondent No.1 – applicant filed an application before the Commissioner stating that he was working as a driver on the lorry bearing No.AP-16-TW-6639 belonging to opposite party No.1 (for short O.P.1.) and the O.P.2 was the insurer of the said lorry. On 30.08.2007, while he was on duty as a driver and while proceeding from Pillalamarri Village at about 06:00 AM, he lost control over the lorry and hit a tanker bearing No.AP-10-U-9054, due to which he sustained fracture of left thigh, fracture of left arm, grievous injuries on spinal cord and head. Immediately after the accident, he was shifted to Government Hospital, Suryapet and from there to City Ortho Centre, Vijayawada. Due to the fractures, he became permanently disabled. Police Suryapet Rural registered a ca