JUDGMENT

H.B.Prabhakara Sastry, J. - This appeal is filed under Section 173 (1) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, seeking enhancement of the compensation awarded by the learned XIV Addl.Judge, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Court of Small Causes, Bengaluru City (SCCH-10), (hereinafter for brevity referred to as 'Tribunal'), by judgment and award dated 8.10.2012, passed in MVC No.2482/2011.

2. The summary of the case of the claimant in the Tribunal is that on 11.3.2011, at about 6.00 p.m., when he was riding his Scooter bearing registration No.KA-05-EC-2770, on Hegganahalli-Kundana Road, near Sunrise Farm, towards Bettenahalli, a car bearing registration No.KA-04-B-4367 being driven by its driver in a rash and negligent manner, came from the opposite side and dashed to the claimant's vehicle, due to which road traffic accident, he fell down and sustained grievous injuries. The Scooter which he was riding also got completely damaged. It is the further case of the claimant that he was taken to Deeksha Hospital, Yelahanka, Bangalore, and after first-aid treatment there, he was shifted to Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital, Bengaluru, for further treatment. The claimant says that he had sp