JUDGMENT :

Pritpal Singh, J.-The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Sirsa, vide an order dated 21st of December, 1981, awarded a compensation of Rs. 50,000/- with interest at the rate of 6 per annum in favour of the claimant Mangal Chand Maheshwari against Brij Lal, respondent No. 7. Two appeals have been filed against this award, one by Mangal Chand Maheshwari (F.A.O. No. 53 of 1982) for enhancement of compensation and the other by Brijlal (F.A.O. No. 44 of 1982) for absolving him from the payment of compensation. Both the appeals having arisen from the same award of the Tribunal are being disposed of together.

2. The case of the claimant Mangal Chand Maheshwari is that on 19th of November, 1977, he was returning to his house driving his motorcycle. When he reached at the crossing near his residence a jeep bearing registration No. RSL 6508, rashly and negligently driven, dashed against his motorcycle causing serious injuries to him. The lower part of his right leg was crushed under the wheel of the jeep due to which the leg was fractured. He was removed to the clinic of Dr. B.D. Go