JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, against the judgment and decree made in M.C.O.P.No.213 of 2010, dated 20.01.2014, on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal/Additional District and Sessions Court, Pudukkottai.)

1. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed against the award, dated 20.01.2014, made in M.C.O.P.No.213 of 2010, on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal -Additional District and Sessions Court, Pudukkottai.

2. The appellant herein is the respondent and the respondent herein is the claimant in the original claim petition.

3. Brief substance of the petition in M.C.O.P.No.213 of 2010 is as follows:-

On 22.12.2009, when the petitioner and one Palanivelu were travelling in a two wheeler bearing Registration No.TN-55-K-5065 that was driven by one Beemaraj, at that time, a bus bearing Registration No.TN-55- N-0191 was driven by its driver in a rash and negligent manner, without observing the road rules, hit against the two wheeler. The petitioner sustained injuries and he was taken to Thanjavur Medical College Hospital. The another pillion rider, viz., Palanivelu and the rider of the vehicle/ Be