1. An Insurance Company which was the 3rd respondent in a petition for compensation before the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Trivandrum has brought the appeal challenging the decision awarding compensation of Rs. 62,378.24 to the first respondent herein who was the petitioner before the Tribunal. The petitioner was involved in an accident at a place near Kottayam on the National Highway 47 on 27th April 1975 at about 5 p.m., while he was returning to Ernakulam from Trivandrum in his motor car KLR. 7366. The accident was caused by the collision of another car KLQ. 7729 owned by the 1st respondent and was driven by the 2nd respondent in the petition. As a result of the accident the petitioner sustained serious injuries and had to undergo treatment in hospitals at Quilon, Ernakulam and Kolancherry, besides taking Ayurvedic treatment for improving the condition of his leg which was grievously fractured in the accident. He is a lawyer at Ernakulam and had to suspend practice during the period he was undergoing these treatments. The petitioner alleged that the accident was caused by the rashness and negligence with which the 2nd respondent was driving KLQ. 7729. The petiti