JUDGMENT :

S. KANNAMMAL, J.

Prayer: These Civil Miscellaneous Appeals are filed under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, against the Judgment and Decree dated 24.02.2011 made in M.C.O.P. No. 5820 of 2004 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, III Small Causes Court, Chennai.

1. These Civil Miscellaneous Appeals have been filed against the award of the Tribunal dated 24.02.2011 made in M.C.O.P. No. 5820 of 2004 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, III Small Causes Court, Chennai.

2. Both the appeals arise out of the same accident and same award and hence, they are disposed of by this common judgment. The parties are referred to as per their respective ranks in C.M.A. No. 3164 of 2011 for the sake of convenience.

3. The appellant filed the above said claim petition claiming a sum of Rs. 20,00,000/- as compensation for the injuries sustained by him in the accident that took place on 01.05.2004 against the 1st respondent-Transport Corporation.

4. According to the appellant, on 01.05.2004 at about 15.50 hours, while he was travelling as passenger in the