JUDGMENT

(Prayer: This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, to allow the appeal and to enhance the award amount in M.C.O.P.No.242 of 2009, on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal - Principal Sub Court, Tirunelveli, dated 11.03.2011.)

1. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed to enhance the award amount in M.C.O.P.No.242 of 2009, on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal - Principal Sub Court, Tirunelveli, dated 11.03.2011. The appellant herein is the claimant 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.242 of 2009, is as follows:-

On 05.05.2009, when the petitioner was travelling in a bus bearing Registration No.TN-58-N-1191, the driver of the bus drove the vehicle in a rash and negligent manner and dashed against a mini lorry bearing Registration No. TN – 59 - AA - 9784, which was parked on the Tharroad without any parking light. The petitioner sustained injuries and fractures on both the legs. He was taken to Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai and he was admitted as inpatient. He undergone surgery a