JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, against the decree and judgment dated 27.11.2013 made in M.A.C.T.O.P.No.4715 of 2011 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal and IV Court of Small Causes, Chennai.)

(The case has been heard through video conference)

1. This Appeal is filed by the claimant for enhancement of compensation being not satisfied with the award of the Tribunal, compensating the claimant with a sum of Rs.1,81,327/- for the injury sustained by him in the road accident occurred on 14.01.2011.

2. The appellant while riding his motorcycle bearing registration No.TN-10-AB-5346 near Vaavin signal (junction) Ambattur Industrial Estate, the MTC bus bearing registration No.TN-01-N-7636, hit the motorcycle and caused the accident. The claimant sustained grievous injury. He was admitted in the New Hope Indian Speciality Hospital at Arumbakkam, Poonamallee High Road. He was treated for the fractured injury by surgery. Hence, a claim petition seeking compensation of Rs.6,00,000/- was filed against the Ma