THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NARSING RAO NANDIKONDA

JUDGMENT:

This M.A.C.M.A. is filed under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 by the appellant/petitioner aggrieved by the Award and decree dated 08.07.2013 passed in O.P.No.2024 of 2010 by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal- Cum-IX Additional Chief Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad (for short, ‘the Tribunal’) seeking compensation of Rs.5,00,000/- for the injuries sustained by the petitioner in a motor vehicle accident that took place on 30.04.2010.

2. The brief fact of the case is that appellant/claimant filed O.P.No.2024 of 2010 under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 seeking compensation for the injuries received in a motor vehicle accident alleged to have caused due to rash and negligent manner by the Harvester vehicle bearing No.AP-15- E-0302. It is contended that on 30.04.2010, the petitioner being driver of the auto bearing No.AP-23-X-1511 along with others were proceeding towards Kothirampur side slowly on the extreme left side of the road and when they reached near petrol pump, Kothirampur side and at that time one Harvestor vehicle bearing No.AP-15-AE-0302 driven by its driver with high speed in a rash and n