( 1 ) THIS is art appeal under section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 ('the Act') against the award dated 30. 3. 1995 passed in M. V. Case No. 11 of 1992 by Vth Additional Motor Accidents claims Tribunal, Sagar.

( 2 ) FACTS giving rise to this appeal are thus: The appellant was travelling as a passenger in stage carriage bus No. MPK 9935 on 17. 4. 1983, owned by respondent corporation which was going from Sagar to Bhopal. At about 8. 50 a. m. near village matona, it collided with the roadside tree, as a result of which, the driver of the bus sevakram died at the spot and the appellant received severe injuries. Appellant was taken to Sagar Hospital. From there he was advised to take treatment at Indore and then at Ahmedabad for central fracture dislocation of left hip joint with disruption of sacroiliac joint with infraction fracture in head of femur. He also suffered a fracture in the ilio-ischial ramus with two steinmana pins in neck and subtrochanteric area, crossing outside the soft tissues. AW 1, Dr. Pravin Kanabar of Orthopaedics Hospital, Ahmedabad performed the operation and treated the appellant where steel rod was affixed. He remained under plaster and