COMMON JUDGMENT

These appeals have been directed against the order of the Claims Tribunal in M.C.O.P.No.68 of 2011, dated 10.12.2013 on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Sivagangai.

2.The facts in brief:

On 25.05.2010, in the night at about 10.50 p.m., the claimant as a driver driving the vehicle bearing registration No.TN 19 G 0038, belongs to the Marine Police Station on the Rameshwaram Road from East west direction. At the time the vehicle came from the opposite direction, bearing registration No.TN W 3658 namely a tanker lorry was driven by its driver in rash and negligent manner, dashed against the claimant's vehicle. As a result of which, he sustained injuries on the spinal chord region. He was taken to the Government Hospital, Rameshwaram, wherein, he was given first aid. Later shifted to Apollo Hospital, Madurai, wherein, he was admitted as in patient from 25.05.2010 to 15.06.2010 and thereafter, in Hannah Joseph Hospital from 26.06.2010 to 08.09.2010. Because of the spinal chord injury, the hands and legs became affected and functionless. Memory loss and loss of speaking capacity also occurred. Now he is bed-ridden. The body par