JUDGMENT :

(JOBIN SEBASTIAN, J.)

The petitioner in O.P.(M.V.) No.282 of 2017 on the file of the Additional Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal- II, Manjeri has preferred this appeal seeking enhancement of compensation awarded by the Tribunal on account of the injuries sustained by her in a motor accident that occurred on 08.06.2016.

2. The case of the petitioner in brief is as follows:-

On 08.06.2016, at around 7.30 p.m., while the petitioner was travelling as a pillion rider on a Motor Cycle bearing Registration No.KL-52/E-2627 ridden by the 1^st respondent in a rash and negligent manner and when the motor cycle reached at a place called Ramapuram, the same skidded on the road and the petitioner fell down from the motor cycle and sustained serious injuries.

3. The owner cum rider of the motor cycle bearing Registration No.KL-52/E-2627 was arrayed as 1^st respondent, whereas, the insurer of the said motor cycle was arrayed as the 2^nd respondent. The 2^nd respondent filed written statement mainly disputing the quantum of compensation claimed, despite admitting insurance coverage for the motor cycle involved in the accident. During trial, the documents produced from the side of the petitioner we