JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Appeal is filed under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 against the judgment and decree dated 26.02.2016 made in M.C.O.P.No.215 of 2011 on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Sub Court at Dharapuram.)

1. Claimant has filed this appeal seeking enhancement of compensation awarded by the learned Sub Judge, (Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal), Dharpuram, in M.C.O.P.No.215 of 2011, dated 26.02.2016.

2. The accident in this case happened on 09.04.2010 at about 8.15 p.m., on the Dharapuram to Udumalai main road near Kanniyathal Kovil. On the date of the accident, the claimant was riding a TVS 50 moped bearing Registration No.TN-37-J-2963 on the left edge of the road from North to South and at that time, the first respondent drove a Maruthi Omni Van bearing Registration TN-09-F- 9857 from South to North in a rash and negligent manner from the opposite direction and dashed against the moped. As a result of which, the claimant sustained grievous injuries and multiple injuries all over his body. Immediately after the accident, the claimant was taken t