G. Satapathy, J.

1. These two appeals U/S. 173(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (in short, the “Act”), assail the impugned judgment dated 17.01.2025 passed in MAC Case No.697 of 2016 by which the learned 3rd Motor Accident Claim Tribunal, Cuttack (in short, “the Tribunal”) directed M/s. Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Ltd. (in short, “the insurer”) to pay a sum of Rs.20,70,271/- only to one Akshaya Kumar Sahoo (in short, “the claimant”) for the injuries sustained by him in a motor vehicular accident.

The aforesaid award carries further simple interest @ 7% per annum w.e.f. date of filing of application i.e. 20.10.2016 till its realization and the insurer was directed to pay the compensation within two months of passing of the aforesaid award, failing which to pay penal interest @ 12% per annum.

2. Briefly stated, the claimant was working as a helper in the Truck bearing Regd. No. OD-07-A-8393(hereinafter referred to as the “offending vehicle”) and on 09.04.2016 at about 12.30PM, the offending Truck met with an accident by dashing another Truck from behind, as a result the claimant sustained multiple compound fractures on his left leg femur, left lower limb, fracture of le