Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 before the Tribunal below claiming compensation of Rs.5,00,000/-. Against the said claim, the learned Tribunal granted compensation of Rs.3,97,200/- and held that the owner of the Mahindra Jeep bearing No.AP02/C 0126 and the United India Insurance Company, with which it was insured, and also the Government of Andhra Pradesh, which requisitioned the vehicle for the purpose of electioneering visit are jointly and severally liable to pay compensation to the claimants. Against the said award, the United India Insurance Company Limited filed M.A.C.M.A. No.27 of 2006 contending that since the jeep was requisitioned by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, the Government of Andhra Pradesh alone is liable to pay compensation and neither the owner of the vehicle nor the Insurance Company are liable to pay compensation and therefore, the finding of the learned Tribunal, which held that the Insurance Company is also liable to pay compensation, has to be set aside. On the other hand, the Government of Andhra Pradesh has preferred M.A.C.M.A. No.2618 of 2008 challenging the finding of the Tribunal on the ground that the learned Tribunal ought to have held that the owner of the jeep bearing No.AP02/C 0126 and the United India Insurance Company, with which it was insured, are only liable to pay compensation and the finding of the Tribunal fastening the liability on the Government of Andhra Pradesh shall be set aside. It was further
