Judgment.- This appeal has been filed by the first respondent in M.C.O.P. No. 74 of 1973 before the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Coimbatore. The petitioner before the Tribunal by name Jaleel was employed as a cleaner in a lorry bearing No. M.D.U. 256 belonging to the appellant. On 29th May, 1972, he was travelling in the lorry with a load of sugarcane from Karur to Manapparai. On account of the alleged rash and negligent driving of the vehicle by the 2nd respondent before the Tribunal, the driver, the vehicle is said to have capsized at Malakoil near Tachanur village. The first respondent’s legs got underneath the lorry causing grievous injuries to him. He was in the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital as an in-patients from 29th September, 1972, to 21st November, 1972, during which period his left leg was amputated on 4th October, 1972. He claimed to have been undergoing treatment even later, and had also an artificial limb fixed after the wound was completely healed. He claimed Rs. 50,000 as compensation out of which Rs. 40,000 was for loss of earning power and for permanent disability, Rs. 5,000 towards artificial limb and for medical expenses, Rs. 4,000 for pain and sufferi

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