JUDGMENT :

(Prayer : Civil Miscellaneous Appeal filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, against the Judgment and Decree dated 02.12.2008 made in M.C.O.P.No.293/2007 on the file of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Principal District Court), Perambalur.)

1. The appellant was the claimant. He is aggrieved by the impugned Judgment and Decree dated 02.12.2008 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Principal District Court, Perambalur in M.C.O.P.No.293 of 2007.

2. By the impugned Judgment and Decree, the Tribunal has awarded a sum of Rs.40,000/- as compensation together interest at 7.5% from the date of claim petition till the date of realisation and cost, to the appellant/claimant for the injury suffered by him.

3. The Tribunal has awarded under the following heads :

4. This appeal has been filed for enhancement of the compensation awarded by the Tribunal on account of the injury suffered by him in the accide