JUDGMENT :

C.S.SUDHA, J.

This appeal has been filed under Section 173 of the MOTOR VEHICLES ACT , 1988 (the Act) by the claimant/petitioner in O.P.(MV) No.955/2014 on the file of the Additional Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Ernakulam, (the Tribunal), aggrieved by the amount of compensation granted by Award dated 12/03/2019. The sole respondent herein is the second respondent/insurer in the petition. In this appeal, the parties and the documents will be referred to as described in the original petition.

2. According to the claimant/petitioner, on 14/06/2015 at 02:45 p.m., she was travelling as a pillion rider in motorcycle bearing registration no.KL-43/C-3945 through Ernakulam-Thoppumpady road. While so a lorry bearing registration no.KL-01/BL-902 driven by the first respondent in a rash and negligent manner knocked down the motorcycle as a result of which she wa