JUDGMENT :

Tarlok Singh Chauhan, Judge:

The petitioner is aggrieved by the award passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal-II, Sirmour District at Nahan whereby a sum of Rs.10,74,000/- alongwith interest at the rate of 7.5% per annum from the date of filing of petition uptil final realization of the amount has been awarded to the claimant- respondent No. 1.

2. Briefly the case of the claimant-respondent No.1, as set out in the claim petition is that on 5.7.2000 at about 7.00 p.m. on way back from Nahan while riding pillion of scooter bearing registration No. HP- 17-4072 owned and being driven by his father (respondent No.2) near village Sainwala in Tehsil Paonta Sahib due to sudden appearance of buffalo on the road in front of the scooter, his father who was driving the scooter in a rash and negligent manner could not control the same and he fell down and sustained injuries on his spinal cord, which was fractured resulting in his permanent disability to the extent of 100%. The claimant alleged that his entire lower part of the body below the belly had become completely