JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Civil Miscellaneous Appeal filed under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, against the order and decree dated 06.02.2012 made in M.A.C.T.O.P.No.82 of 2011 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, District Court, Karaikal.)

1. This appeal is laid as against the judgment and decree dated 06.02.2012 made in M.A.C.T.O.P.No.82 of 2011 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, District Court, Karaikal, thereby awarded the compensation to the tune of Rs.2,42,000/-

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to hereunder according to their litigative status before the Tribunal.

3. The case of the claimant is that on 17.03.2011, when he was travelling in the bike driven by the first respondent as a pillion rider, the first respondent suddenly applied brake as such, the claimant fell down and sustained injury on his head, right humerus and right femur. The claimant is a vegetable vendor at Nehur Market, Karaikal, and he is earning a sum of Rs.500/- per day. Due to the injuries sustained by him, he could not continue his avocation, since his dis