JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Civil Miscellaneous Appeal filed under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, to set aside the judgment and decree made in M.C.O.P.No.675 of 2004 dated 31.01.2011 on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, I Additional Subordinate Judge, Thiruchirappalli.)

1.This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been directed as against the award passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (I Additional Subordinate Judge), at Tiruchirappalli in M.C.O.P.No.675 of 2004 dated 31.10.2011 by the appellant/second respondent/insurance company, challenging the quantum of the award.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are addressed herein as per the rank in M.C.O.P.No.675 of 2004.

3. The brief facts leading to the filing of the Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is as follows:- This is a case of injury wherein the petitioner/claimant had filed the petition limiting his claim to Rs.2,00,000/- for the injuries sustained by him in the accident, which happened on 25.10.2003. On 25.10.2003, while the petitioner was returning after work along the Trichy-Lawsons Road in his cycle in