Ravikumar, J.

The injured petitioner comes up in appeal seeking enhancement of the quantum of compensation granted by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Irinjalakuda as per the award dated 22.11.2012 in O.P.(MV).No.802 of 2008. He filed the said claim petition under section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act seeking a compensation of Rs.7,00,000/- for the injuries sustained by him in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on 13.01.2008. On that day, while he was riding his motor cycle, another motor cycle bearing Reg.No.KL-8/C 3369, ridden by the second respondent hit against it. Going by Ext.A3 wound certificate and Ext.A4 discharge summary, he sustained the following injuries:-

1. Head injury with left temporal SDH with intracerebral haematoma and hemorrhage, contusion temporal lobe.

2. Focal subarachnoid haemorrhage, diffuse cerebral oedema with mass effect and midline shift. Opacque paranasal sinuses and mastoid air cells, fractures of right occipital, left frontal, temporal bones and lateral walls of left maxillary sinus.

3. Decreased mass effect with contusion, decreased in size of EDH

2. After considering the materials and evidence on record, the Tribunal arrived at a conclu