JUDGMENT :

1. The appellant, who is the original claimant, has challenged the dismissal of his claim i.e. M.A.C.P. No. 07 of 1999 at the hands of learned Member, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Aurangabad, (hereinafter referred to as “the learned Tribunal), under judgment dated 17.11.2003. The appellant had claimed compensation of Rs.3,50,000/- on account of injuries which he sustained in the motor vehicle accident took place on 26.01.1998 at about 10.15 p.m. at Railway Station, Aurangabad.

2. According to the appellant-claimant, the accident took place on the aforesaid date at about 10.15 p.m. at Railway Station City Bus Stop at Aurangabad. At the relevant time, the appellant, in order to go to Shahganj, boarded ST Bus No.MCA-7213 but the Respondent No.2 i.e. driver of the said bus, in the absence of any signal from the conductor, abruptly started the bus and, therefore, left leg of the appellant got crushed between the footsteps of the bus and platform. The appellant fell down from the bus and became unconscious. The appellant was thereafter taken to Government Medical College