THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R.KANTHA RAO C.M.A.No.4231 of 2003 JUDGMENT: This appeal is filed by the Oriental Insurance Company Limited against the order, dated 31.01.2003, passed in O.P.No.183 of 1998 on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (II Additional District Judge), Nalgonda. 2. The 1st respondent is the claimant before the Tribunal and he is the owner of the proclainer bearing No.AP24-T-7794, whereas the 2nd respondent is the owner of the lorry bearing No.AP-16-U-8958. The said lorry was admittedly insured with the appellant insurance company, who was the 2nd respondent before the learned Tribunal. 3. For convenience sake, the parties will be referred as insurance company, the claimant and the owner of the lorry. 4. The claimant filed the claim petition alleging that on 15.4.1997 at about 7.00 A.M., while the proclainer was stationed on the extreme left side of the road, the lorry driven in a rash and negligent manner dashed the proclainer, due to which, it was damaged and it took 32 days during which period, the proclainer was kept idle and consequently the claimant sustained loss of Rs.2,73,000/- @ Rs.6,500/- per day ie., from 16.4.1997 to 27.5.1997. The learned Tribunal upon making enquiry into the said claim, awarded compensation of Rs.1,28,000/- with interest @ 9% per annum from the date of petition till the date of payment. 5. Challenge to the award by the insurance company is that the claimant is not entitled for any compensation and even if he is entitled, his claim is limited to only Rs.6,000/- as provided under Sub-Section 2 of Section 147 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. Sub-Section 2 of Section 147 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 reads as follows: Subject to the proviso to Sub-Section (1), a policy of insurance referred to in Sub-Section (1), shall cover any liability incurred in respect of any accident, up to the following limits, namely:- a) save as provided in clause (b), the amount of liability incurred; b) In respect of damage to any property of a third party, a limit of rupees six thousand. 6. Here is a case where the claim is made by the owner of the property alleging that he sustained loss on account of damage caused to the property, the claim falls under clause (b) of Sub-Section 2 of Section 147 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, which limits the extent of liability of the insurance company in respect of damage to any property of third party to only Rs.6,000/- . The claimant, who is the 1st respondent in this appeal is, therefore, entitled to claim compensation of only Rs.6,000/- from the insurance company. The award passed by the learned Tribunal is therefore reduced from Rs.1,28,000/- to Rs.6,000/- only, which the appellant/insurance company is liable to pay to the owner of the vehicle/1st respondent. 7. In the result, with the above reduction in the amount of compensation awarded by the Tribunal, the appeal is partly allowed, without any order as to costs. _______________ R.KANTHA RAO,J 15th December, 2009 PNV