HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL No.3600 of 2003 ORAL JUDGMENT: Heard. Challenging the quantum of compensation awarded by the Principal District Judge-cum-Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Nalgonda (for brevity “the Tribunal”), in O.P.No.657 of 1999, by the order, dated 27.12.2002, wherein and whereunder a sum of Rs.15,000/- was awarded as compensation for the injured suffered by the petitioner therein in a road accident that occurred on 21.12.1998, the Oriental Insurance Company Limited filed the present Civil Miscellaneous Appeal. The particulars as regards the manner and method in which the accident occurred, the aspect of rash and negligence, etc., are not in dispute and hence, they are not referred to. This appeal arises out of the same accident in which a death has taken place, which was the subject matter of C.M.A.No.3599 of 2003. The contention of the learned Standing Counsel for the appellant-insurer is two fold. Firstly, that the claimant was a gratuitous passenger and secondly, the quantum of compensation awarded by the Tribunal is excessive. The Tribunal having taken into consideration Ex.A-3, which is the medical certificate and other related documents, which show that the claimant suffered fracture of shaft of right humerous and fracture of trochenteric left, which are grievous in nature and also in view of the medical bills-Ex.A-6, awarded a meager sum of Rs.15,000/- as compensation. The Tribunal awarded a very meager compensation of Rs.15,000/- and therefore, the subject matter is too trivial for this Court to interfere with the impugned order. Hence, without going into the further merits of the case, only on the ground of triviality, this Court is not inclined to interfere with the impugned order. In the result, the appeal is dismissed, only on the ground of triviality. However, there shall be no order as to costs. ______________________ JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA 26th August 2010 dr