IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN Present HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G. BHAVANI PRASAD CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL No.2136 of 2003 Between: Sampathi Sreenu .. Appellant AND P. Sreenivasa Rao & another .. Respondents The Court made the following: HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G. BHAVANI PRASAD CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL No.2136 of 2003 JUDGMENT: Heard Sri C. Prakash Reddy, learned counsel for the appellant. 2. This is an appeal against the award in M.V.O.P.No.428 of 1997, on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-District Judge, Kurnool, dated 03.09.1999. 3. The conclusions of fact arrived at by the Tribunal in the impugned award are not in dispute and the Tribunal concluded that there was no evidence of the claimant travelling in the lorry/a goods vehicle, along with his goods and hence, confined the liability of the insurer to Rs.25,000/-/no fault liability compensation out of the total compensation of Rs.97,000/- awarded against the owner of the vehicle. 4. The appellant attempted to challenge the award on the strength of NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD. VS. SATPAL SINGH[1], but subsequently, the Apex Court overruled SATPAL SINGH’s case (supra 1) in NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD. VS. ASHA RANI[2] and ASHA RANI’s case (supra 2) still holds the field. 5. The quantum of compensation was fixed by the Tribunal on a reasonable analysis of the evidence on record and hence, in the light of the subsequent decision in ASHA RANI’s case (supra 2), the appeal became untenable. 6. Accordingly, the Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is dismissed without costs and the impugned award is confirmed. _____________________ G. BHAVANI PRASAD, J Date: 27th January, 2011 KL HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G. BHAVANI PRASAD CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL No.2136 of 2003 Date: 27th January, 2010 KL [1] AIR 2000 SC 235 [2] AIR 2003 SC 607