JUDGMENT :

MANISH CHOUDHURY, J.

1. This is an appeal under section 173, Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, as amended, (the Act, in short) preferred against the judgment and award dated 31.07.2015 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal No. 3, Kamrup(M), Guwahati in MAC Case No. 951/2014. By the judgment and award dated 31.07.2015, the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal No. 3, Kamrup (M), Guwahati (the Claims Tribunal, in short) had awarded an amount of Rs. 10,15,100/- in favour of the appellant-claimant as compensation for the injuries sustained by him in an accident arising out of the use of motor vehicle. It was further ordered that the awarded amount of compensation shall carry interest @7.5% per annum from the date of filing of the claim application till payment and the same was payable by the opposite party No. 1-insurer in MAC Case No. 951/2014, arrayed as respondent No. 1 in the instant appeal.

2. The facts leading to the institution of the claim application are that on 16.02.2014, at about 2-15 p.m. the appellant-claimant (hereinafter also referred to as the claimant and/or the appellant) along with one of his friends was travelling by a vehicle bearing registration No. AR-04/D-7169