JUDGMENT

(Prayer:Appeal filed under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, against the order dated 10.02.2015 passed in M.A.C.T.O.P.No.2396 of 2013 on the file of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, III Court of small Cause, Chennai.)

1. The claimant who suffered injuries in the motor accident on 31.03.2013 is the appellant herein.

2. The appellant, as claimant before the Tribunal, sought for compensation to the tune of Rs.6,00,000/- for the injuries sustained by him in the said motor accident alleging rash and negligent driving on the driver of the MTC bus belonging to the respondent. The Corporation, as respondent before the Tribunal, filed a counter and denied the claims made by the appellant herein and attacked the amount of compensation sought by the claimant to be highly excessive.

3. Before the Tribunal, the claimant and one Dr.Saravana Bhavanantham were examined as P.Ws.1 and 2 and Exs.P.1 to P.5 were marked on the side of the appellant. On the side of the respondent, the bus driver was examined as R.W.1 and no documents were marked on the side of the respondent.

4. The Tribunal, on considering the oral and documentary evidence adduced by the parties, found that the accident o