1. Being aggrieved by the finding, fastening liability on the Insurance Company to pay compensation and also the quantum of compensation of Rs.3 Lakhs, awarded with interest at the rate of 7.5% per annum, from the date of claim, National Insurance Company Ltd has filed this appeal.

2. Short facts leading to the appeal are as follows:

On 10.11.2007, about 7.30 P.M., when the respondent was travelling as a passenger in a Jeep, bearing Registration No.TN 28 R 4099, insured with the appellant-Insurance Company, on Tiruchengode-Namakkal Main Road, near, Elanagar Sivabakkiyam Mentra Depressed Home, due to the rash and negligent driving of the driver of the Jeep, the vehicle dashed against a tree. The respondent/claimant sustained injuries in Chest, Head, Abdomen, Cervical Spine, Clavicle and Left Elbow and injuries all over the body. Immediately, he was taken to Government Medical Centre Hospital, Coimbatore and given treatment. Thereafter, he has taken treatment in C.M.Hospital, Namakkal; L.K.M. Hospital, Erode and Gukulam Hospital, Salem. In this regard, a case in Cr.No.263 of 2007, has been registered against the driver of the Jeep, for the offences under Section 279, 337,