JUDGMENT :

R. THARANI, J.

Prayer: Civil Miscellaneous Appeal filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, to set aside the award in M.C.O.P. No. 60 of 2011, dated 14.09.2012 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Principal Subordinate Judge) Tenkasi, Tirunelveli District and to enhance the award amount by allowing this appeal.

1. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed to set aside the award in M.C.O.P. No. 60 of 2011, dated 14.09.2012 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Principal Subordinate Judge, Tenkasi and to enhance the award amount by allowing this appeal.

2. The appellant herein is the claimant and the respondents herein are the respondents in the claim petition. The appellant has filed a claim petition in M.C.O.P. No. 60 of 2011, claiming compensation for the injuries sustained by the first respondent herein, in an accident that took place on 22.02.2010. The Tribunal has awarded a sum of Rs. 1,54,647/- (Rupees One Lakhs Fifty Four Thousand Six Hundred and Forty Seven only) as compensation. Against which, the appellant has preferred this appeal.

3. A brief substance of the petition in M.C.O.P. No. 60 of 2011 is as follows:

The claimant was working as a d