JUDGMENT :

S. KANNAMMAL, J.

This civil miscellaneous appeal has been filed by the appellant/claimant for enhancement of compensation awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, (Special Sub Court No. II), Small Causes Court, Chennai, in M.C.O.P. No. 5870 of 2013 dated 02.04.2018.

2. As per the averments in the claim petition filed before the Tribunal, on 07.05.2013 at about 16.30 hrs while the petitioner was proceeding in his motorcycle bearing registration number TN 31 AT 8455 on the Manjakollai Main Road, Marudur, a Tractor bearing registration number TN-31 AR 3889 came in a rash and negligent manner in the opposite direction and dashed against the petitioner's vehicle. In the accident, the petitioner sustained multiple fractures. The petitioner was a IIIrd year B.E. Student. He could not attend the annual examination due to the injuries sustained in the accident. He therefore filed the claim petition in M.C.O.P No. 5870 of 2013 against the respondents claiming a sum of Rs. 40,00,000/- (Rs.40 Lakhs) as compensation.

3. Before the Tribunal, the first respondent/owner of the t