1. Has the civil court the jurisdiction to entertain any question relating to any claim for compensation which may be adjudicated upon by the claims tribunal for that area?

2. The plaintiff alleged that his car parked on the extreme left side of the Holy Angels Convent Road within the city of Thiruvananthapuram was hit on its side by a bus at 8.30 a.m. on 11.08.2000. The bus belonged to the first defendant Corporation (The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation) and was driven by the second defendant at the material time during one of its routine trips. A portion of the bumper and the side glass of the car was damaged and the painting on its body was also scratched to a considerable extent due to the hit by the bus resulting in loss to the plaintiff. The plaintiff contended that the second defendant issued Ext.A1 receipt undertaking to bear the repair charges for the car to be done by its authorized maintenance centre - TVS workshop. The plaintiff asserted that he had spent a sum of Rs.18,568/- towards repair charges evidenced by Exts.A7 and A7(a) cash bills issued by the maintenance centre. The suit for realising the sum of Rs.18,568/- was filed on the basis that the s