IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.BHASKAR REDDY M.A.C.M.A.No.3111 of 2019 DATE: 23.04.2026 Between:

Maqbool Ahmed …..Appellant AND Jharna Reddy and another ….Respondents

JUDGMENT:

This appeal is preferred by the appellant-claimant, under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, aggrieved by the judgment and decree dated 19.10.2016 passed in O.P.No.12 of 2009 by the Chairman, Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-XV Additional Chief Judge-cum-I Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Hyderabad (for short “the Tribunal”), whereby the claim petition filed by the appellant-claimant came to be dismissed.

2. The brief facts of the case are that the appellant/claimant, who was aged about 26 years and working as a driver, met with a road traffic accident on 07.12.2008 near Muttangi Village outskirts, when a lorry bearing No.AP 28 Y 3530, driven in a rash and negligent manner, dashed against the car in which he was travelling, resulting in grievous injuries. It is the case of the appellant-claimant that he underwent treatment in various hospitals and incurred substantial expenditure towards medical treatment and allied expenses. A criminal