JUDGMENT

1. The appellant is the Claimant in M.V.O.P.No.254 of 2008 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (District Judge), Chittoor, and the respondents are the respondents in the said case.

2. Both the parties in the appeal will be referred to as they are arrayed in claim application.

3. The claimant filed a Claim Petition under Sec. 166 of Motor Vehicles Act against the respondents praying the Tribunal to award an amount of Rs.7, 00, 000.00 towards compensation to the injuries sustained by the petitioner in a Motor Vehicle Accident occurred on 12/9/2006 at about 8.30 a.m.

4. The case of the claimant is that on 12/9/2006 at about 8.30 a.m. while the petitioner, aged about 18 years, student, was going to college and when reached near MSR junction on Chittoor-Vellore road, the driver of tractor and trailer bearing No.AP 03U 2502 and AP 03U 1860, drove the same in a rash and negligent manner and dashed against the petitioner, resulting which, the petitioner sustained multiple injuries and the petitioner claimed compensation of Rs.7, 00, 000.00 towards compensation.

5. The respondents 1 and 2 filed counters denying the claim application and contended that the claimant is not e