JUDGMENT :

R. THARANI, J.

Prayer: This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, to enhance the award amount in M.C.O.P. No. 351 of 2012 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, (Chief Judicial Magistrate Court), Tirunelveli dated 20.12.2013.

1. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed against the award passed in M.C.O.P. No. 351 of 2012 dated 20.12.2013, on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Tirunelveli.

2. The appellant herein is the claimant and the respondents herein are the respondents in the claim petition. The appellant herein has filed a claim petition in M.C.O.P. No. 351 of 2012, claiming compensation for the injuries sustained by the claimant, in an accident that took place on 31.05.2012. The Tribunal has awarded a sum of Rs. 2,00,222/- (Rupees Two Lakhs Two Hundred and Twenty Two only) as compensation. Against which, the appellant has preferred this appeal.

3. Brief substance of the claim petition in M.C.O.P. No. 351 of 2012 is as follows:

The petitioner was aged about 44 years at the time of accident and she was working as a Clerk in a Match Industry and was earning a sum of Rs. 6