madurai the madras high court has upheld the 644 lakh compensation awarded by the motor accident claims tribunal to a man who suffered injuries in an accident while traveling in a tamil nadu state transport corporation tnstc bus in trichy district in 2015sathish a medical practitioner boarded a government bus on december 23 2015 to travel from chennai to trichy as the bus crossed perambalur the driver operated the vehicle recklessly and negligently consequently sathish was thrown upward and hit the buss roof he then fell onto the iron rod of the seat handle in front of him causing severe injuries to his vertebral column requiring medical treatment he filed a petition with the motor accident claims tribunal seeking compensationafter evaluating the oral and documentary evidence the tribunal concluded that the accident occurred solely due to the bus drivers reckless driving the tribunal also acknowledged the claimants significant injuries to the vertebral column which prevented him from performing his daily activities taking into account a certificate issued by a government doctor confirming the his 40 disability the tribunal directed the transport corporation to pay sathish a compensation of 644 lakh in 2019challenging the tribunals decision the transport corporation appellant filed civil miscellaneous appeals with the madurai bench of the madras high court the appellant argued against the plausibility of being thrown up to the bus roof and subsequently falling onto the iron rod of the seat handle deeming the claimants account highly implausiblejustice r vijayakumar examined the medical records which clearly indicated that sathish suffered severe injuries including a compressed fracture in his vertebra a disability certificate issued by the medical board verified a 40 disability the tribunal has rightly awarded compensation in this case there are no grounds to interfere with the award passed by the tribunal observed the judge who dismissed the appeal preferred by the transport corporation