GITA GOPI
BHAVINBHAI THAKORBHAI RATHOD – Appellant
Versus
KANUBHAI SANABHAI CHAUHAN – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
GITA GOPI, J.
1. The injured claimant aged about 19 at the time of filing of MACP No. 629/97 has challenged the judgment delivered in MACP No. 629/97 on 20.12.2011 by MACT (Aux), Vadodara.
2. The facts of the case as pleaded by the claimant before the Tribunal suggest that he was serving as a cleaner-cum-labourer on truck bearing registration no. GJ-15 V-8683 owned by opponent no. 2. On 22.2.1997, he was returning in the truck after unloading the goods at Anand Taluka and was sitting besides the driver seat. The claimant had urged that the opponent no. 1 had driven the truck in excessive speed and was rash and negligent. When they reached near Village Vaghasi on National Highway no. 8, opponent no. 1 lost control over the vehicle and slided down the road and collided with the tree. As a result, the claimant sustained injuries on body.
3. Mr. Khan submitted that the Tribunal has granted compensation amount of only Rs. 3,30,800/- where the claimant has specifically proved before the Tribunal that he had lost his right leg below knee and the permanent disability has affecte
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