JUDGMENT :

Being aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the quantum of compensation granted by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, (Court No.1) Gomati Judicial District, Uadipur by award dated 20.06.2016 in T.S. (MAC) 04 of 2016, claimant Subrata Sarkar has filed the present appeal under Section 173(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988(MV Act, for short) seeking enhancement of the amount of compensation awarded by the said Tribunal.

[2] Essential facts necessary for disposal of the appeal are as under:

On 26.10.2014, claimant was going to Rajarbag from Matabari area of Udaipur on his motor bike bearing registration No.TR-03-D-6030. On the way at Canal Chowmuhani the offending vehicle (mini bus) bearing registration No.TR-03-1348 on its way from Agartala to Udaipur dashed against the motor bike of the claimant. As a result, claimant slipped from his bike and received multiple fracture and abrasion all over his body. He was immediately taken to the nearby hospital from where he was referred to AGMC & GBP hospital at Agartala for better treatment. He was treated as an indoor patient in AGMC & GBP hospital from 26.10.2014 to 28.10.2014. After release from AGMC & GBP hospital claimant visited se