JUDGMENT

The petitioner in O.P.(M.V.) No. 1975 of 2015 on the file of the Additional Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Ernakulam, has preferred this appeal seeking enhancement of compensation awarded by the tribunal on account of the injuries sustained by him in a motor accident that occurred on 25.04.2015.

2. The case of the petitioner in brief is as follows:-

On 25.04.2015, at about 11.00 a.m., while the petitioner was travelling as a pillion rider in a motorcycle bearing registration No. KL-39-E-3325, driven by the 2^nd respondent in a rash and negligent manner along the Munnar–Koviloor road and reached at Mattupetty, the said motorcycle collided with a goods autorickshaw bearing registration No.KL-06-E-3554, driven by the 4^th respondent in a rash and negligent manner. Due to the impact of the collision, the petitioner sustained serious injuries.

3. The owner and driver of the motorcycle bearing registration No.KL-39-E-3325 were arrayed as the 1^st and 2^nd respondents, respectively, whereas the owner and driver of the goods autorickshaw bearing registration No. KL-06-E-3554 were arrayed as the 3^rd and 4^th respondents, respectively. Both the vehicles were insured with the 5^th responde