ORDER

1. This is an appeal by special leave by an injured person impugning the judgment of the High Court in appeal against the award of compensation by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (herinafter referred to as "the Tribunal") under the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.

2. The appellant is the original claimant before the Tribunal. While he was walking on the road at 4.00 p.m. on 12-7-1991, the jeep of the first respondent dashed against him. As a result of this accident, the appellant was injured and had to be hospitalised. The appellant remained as in-patient in the hospital for about 2 months after which he was discharged. The accident resulted in certain amount of deformity and restriction in the movement of the appellant's left leg which has been shortened by one-and-a-half inch. There was also restriction in the movement of left heel of the left foot, painful movement in the left hip and left knee coupled with development of arthritis and, as the evidence on record shows, there was 20% disability suffered by the appellant as a result of the accident.

3. The appellant moved the Tribunal at Bangalore and claimed a sum of Rs 2,50,000 as compensation. The Tribunal ca