JUDGMENT :-

(Prayer: Civil Miscellaneous Appeal filed under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 against the Judgment and decree dated 09.12.2015 made in MCOP No.6 of 2013 on the file of the Motor accident Claims Tribunal, The Principal Subordinate Judge, Tiruvannamalai.)

1. This appeal has been filed by the Transport Corporation challenging the award passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Principal Subordinate Court, Tiruvannamalai. in MCOP No.6 of 2013, directing the appellant Transport Corporation to pay the claimant a sum of Rs.2,18,000/- as compensation for the injuries sustained by him, as a result of an accident caused by a bus owned by the appellant / Transport Corporation.

2. The respondent / claimant sustained injuries as a result of an accident on 13.12.2008 caused by a bus bearing Registration No. TN-32-N- 2485 owned by the appellant Transport Corporation. The respondent / claimant has sustained three fractures on his left leg, right hand and he was treated at Government Hospital, Chenglepet; JIPMER Hospital, Puducherry and in a private hospital i.e. Abi