IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL No.858 of 2000 Between: APSRTC, Rep. by its Managing Director, Mushirabad, Hyderabad. .... APPELLANT AND Vipparthi Lalitha and others. ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Appellant : Mr. Y. Vivekananda Swamy Counsel for the Respondents : Mr. Ch. Dhanamjaya The Court made the following: JUDGMENT: This appeal is preferred by APSRTC against the award in O.P.No.589 of 1996 dated 17.12.1999 on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal cum II Additional District Judge, East Godavari District. 2. The claims tribunal had tried and disposed of three O.P.Nos.589, 590 and 592 of 1996 under an order dated 17.12.1998. Against O.P.No.590 of 1996 the appellant had preferred an appeal in CMA.No.997 of 2000,which was dismissed by this Court by order dated 19.12.2008. 3. So far as this appeal is concerned, the claim made for compensation by the respondents is for Rs.2,00,000/-. While the tribunal has found on issue No.1, which is common to all the OPs, that the accident occurred on account of the rash and negligent driving of the appellant. The said issue is not under serious dispute in this appeal. So far as the claim for compensation is concerned, the learned counsel for the appellant contended that the compensation granted is excessive and multiplier adopted is higher. 4. However, even as found by the tribunal below under Para 15 of its judgment, by applying the said multiplier the compensation would work out to Rs.2,66,580/- and in view of the fact that the claim is restricted only to Rs.2,00,000/-, the tribunal has restricted the compensation only to that amount. The finding of the tribunal, therefore, does not suffer from any error either on jurisdiction or in appreciation of evidence and as such, no ground is made out warranting interference by this Court. The civil miscellaneous appeal is accordingly dismissed. However, there shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J September 18, 2009 DSK