K. N. SINGH, J.

( 1 ) THIS appeal under s. MOD of the M. V. Act, 1939, is directed against the judgment and decree of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Allahabad, dated September 28, 1976, awarding a sum of Rs. 10,000 as compensation to the claimant, Km. Sushila Pandey, for the injuries received by her in a motor accident.

( 2 ) KM. Sushila Pandey, a young girl of 11 years of age, student of class VI in the Arya Kanya intermediate College, Muthiganj, Allahabad, was returning from her school on August 10, 1972. When she was in front of the Nagar Mahapalika Primary School on Lowther Road in Mohalla muthiganj of Allahabad City, she was knocked down by a motor car No. ASE 3620, owned and driven by C. P. Mittal, Assistant Engineer. Temporary Division, National Highway, District fatehpur. She received serious injuries, and she was rushed to the hospital where she remained confined for a long period. Even after the long treatment, she could not be normal, instead she became permanently disabled. Her body below her waist became paralyzed. She filed a claim petition under Section 110a of the Act through her relation, Sri Amar Nath, claiming a sum of rs. 83,000 as compensation for the inj