HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA

JUDGMENT:

Dissatisfied with the compensation awarded by the Court of Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum- III Additional District Judge, F.T.C.II, Khammam (hereinafter referred as ‘the Tribunal’) in O.P.No.765 of 2003, dated 06.12.2007, the petitioner/injured in the said O.P. preferred the present Appeal seeking enhancement of compensation.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties hereinafter be referred as they were arrayed before the learned Tribunal. 3. The brief facts of the case are that the petitioner/ injured filed a petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 claiming compensation of Rs.1,50,000/- for the injuries sustained by him in a motor accident that occurred on 28.04.2002. R-1 is the driver of the vehicle, R-2 is the owner of the lorry bearing No. AIL 2850 and R-3 is the insurer of the said lorry and the petitioner is the cleaner of the said vehicle. It is stated by the petitioner that on 28.04.2002, as per the directions of R-1, he was discharging duties under the subject lorry for setting wires when R-1 suddenly moved the lorry in a rash and negligent manner without taking any precautionary measures. As a result