JUDGMENT

(Prayer: This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, to enhance the compensation amount in M.C.O.P.No.504 of 2015 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal – IV Additional Sub Judge, Madurai.)

1. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed to enhance the compensation amount in M.C.O.P.No.504 of 2015 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal – IV Additional Sub Judge, Madurai. The appellant herein is the claimants and the respondents herein are the respondents in the original M.C.O.P. Petition.

2. A brief substance of the petition, in M.C.O.P.No.504 of 2015, is as follows:-

On 26.06.2015, at about 08.10 am., when the petitioner was walking along the mud road, adjourning Melur - Madurai main road, near P.S.P. Petrol Bunk, a school bus bearing Registration No.TN-59- AX-7185, which came in a rash and negligent manner, dashed against the petitioner. The petitioner sustained injuries and the right leg below the knee level was amputated. The petitioner took treatment as in patient from 26.06.2015 till 02.08.201