JUDGMENT : Mansoor Ahmad Mir, J. This appeal is directed against the judgment and award dated 16.03.2007, made by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, ( Presiding Officer Fast Track Court), Solan in MAC Petition No. 56FT/2 of 2005, titled Laxmi Nand Sharma vs. Shri Sunil Kumar and others, whereby compensation to the tune of Rs.2,13,473/- came to be awarded in favour of the claimant/ appellant herein, hereinafter referred to as “the impugned award”, for short, on the grounds taken in the memo of appeal. 2. The insurer, driver and owner have not questioned the impugned award on any ground, thus it has attained finality so far it relates to them. The claimant/appellant has questioned the impugned award only on the ground of adequacy of compensation. Thus, the only question to be determined in this appeal is whether the compensation awarded is adequate or otherwise. 3. I have gone through para-18 of the impugned award. It appears that the Tribunal has awarded Rs.50,000/- under the head “pain and suffering” and Rs.50,000/- under the head “loss of amenities of life” which, on the face of it, is meager, in view of the fact that the claimant/appellant has suffered 50% disability. While making guess work, read with the mandate of Motor Vehicles Act, the Schedule appended to the Act, the judgments made by this Court right from 1975 till today and of the apex Court in R.D. Hattangadi versus M/s Pest Control (India) Pvt. Ltd. & others, reported in AIR 1995 SC 755 , Arvind Kumar Mishra versus New India Assurance Co. Ltd. & another, reported in 2010 AIR SCW 6085, Ramchandrappa versus The Manager, Royal Sundaram Aliance Insurance Company Limited, reported in 2011 AIR SCW 4787, Kavita versus Deepak and others reported in 2012 AIR SCW 4771, the amount is to be enhanced under the head “pain and suffering.” 4. Viewed thus, the claimant is held entitled to Rs.25,000/-, under the head “pain and suffering” in addition to the amount already awarded. The insurer is directed to deposit the enhanced amount within six weeks from today. On deposit, the same be released to the claimant, strictly, in terms of the conditions contained in the impugned award. 5. Accordingly, the appeal is disposed of. The impugned award is modified, as indicated above. Send down the record forthwith.