JUDGMENT :

(The case has been heard through video conference)

This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed against the award dated 20.06.2012 made in M.C.O.P.No.67 of 2009 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Sub-Court, Mettur.

2. The appellant is the claimant in M.C.O.P.No.67 of 2009 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Sub-Court, Mettur. He filed the above claim petition claiming a sum of Rs.15,00,000/- as compensation for the injuries sustained by him in the accident that took place on 03.11.2007.

3. According to the appellant/claimant, on 03.11.2007, at about 11.30 a.m., while the appellant was proceeding in his Bajaj Discover Motorcycle bearing Registration No.TN-04-AB-4519 from Thambaram to Maraimalai Nagar on the extreme left side of the road, near Potheri SRM College, an auto bearing Registration No.TN-22-1-9588, which came in a rash and negligent manner without blowing horn at a high speed in the opposite direction dashed against the said motorcycle. Due to the said impact, the appellant sustained nasal bleeding, contusion over his upper, lo