JUDGMENT :

This appeal is preferred by the Appellant/claimant, challenging the award dated 25.12.2014 passed in M.V.O.P.No.278/2011 on the file of Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-Prl. District Judge, Kadapa, wherein the Tribunal while partly allowing the petition, awarded compensation of Rs.4,60,000/- with interest @ 7.5% p.a. from the date of petition, till the date of deposit, for the injuries sustained by the claimant in a motor vehicle accident.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are arrayed as parties in the lower Court.

3. As seen from the record, originally the petitioners filed an application U/s.163-A of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for brevity “the Act”) claiming compensation of Rs.7,50,000/-on account of the injuries sustained by the petitioner in a motor vehicle accident occurred on 01.11.2010.

4. The facts show that the claimant was working as a driver in Kuwait, earning salary of Rs.22,500/-per month and he returned to India on 08.10.2010. The claimant purchased ticket to go to Kuwait and left from his village on 31.10.2010 at about 10.00 p.m. to go to Chen