JUDGMENT :

This is an appeal preferred by the claimant being aggrieved by the judgment and award dated 13.08.2018 passed in MVC No.759/2017 before I Additional District Judge & MACT, Tumakuru, (hereinafter referred to as ‘the tribunal’) and seeking enhancement of compensation.

2. Though this matter is listed for admission, with consent of learned counsel on both sides, matter is taken up for final disposal.

3. Parties to the appeal shall be referred to as per their status before the tribunal.

4. Brief facts of the case is as under:

On 20.04.2017 at about 6.00 pm when the claimant and his brother got down from the passenger auto at M.H. Patna Gate and while proceeding by walk, at that point of time, one Hero Splendor Plus Motor cycle bearing registration No. KA-06 EU-6220 being ridden by its driver with a high speed in a rash and negligent manner came from behind and dashed against the claimant, due to which the claimant sustained grievous injuries. Immediately, claimant was shifted to Hemavathi Orthopedic and Trauma Centre, wherein he took treatment as an inpatient for a period of o