JUDGMENT

(Prayer: This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, against the judgment and decree, dated 12.10.2009, made in M.C.O.P.No. 825 of 2006, on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal - II Additional Sub Court, Trichy.)

1. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed against the award, dated 12.10.2009, made in M.C.O.P.No. 825 of 2006, on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal - II Additional Sub Court, Trichy. The appellant herein is the claimant and the respondent herein is the respondent in the original M.C.O.P. Petition.

2. A brief substance of the petition, in M.C.O.P.No. 825 of 2006, is as follows:-

On 09.12.2005, at about 11.45 pm., when the petitioner was travelling in a bus bearing Registration No.TN-45-N-1803, the driver of the bus drove the vehicle in a rash and negligent manner and applied sudden brake and the petitioner and other passengers sustained injuries. The petitioner claim a sum of Rs.8,00,000/- as compensation.

3. A Brief substance of the counter filed by the respondent, in M.C.O.P. No. 825 of 2006, is as follows:

The petitioner was travelling in a standing position, the bu