P.K. Musahary, J.

1. The Insurer, who was Opposite Party No. 2 in the claim petition, has filed this appeal under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 ( hereinafter referred to as the " MV ACT") against the judgment and award dated 17.12.07 passed by the learned Member, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Dimapur, Nagaland (hereinafter referred to as the ("Tribunal") in MAC Case No. 54/ 2001 wherein and whereby the Appellant was directed to pay an amount of Rs. 19,636,840/- only along with interest at the rate of Rs. 6% per annum from the date of filing of the claim i.e. from 11.5.2001 within a period of 30 days from the date of order with further direction to deposit the said amount in the form of cheque or bank draft into the Tribunal for verification and disbursement to the claimant.

2. The brief facts of the case are that on 23.4.97, while the deceased Sailesh Kumar Sethi was coming out from the office of the Directorate of Supplies, Dimapur, Nagaland, along with one of his inmates in a Maruti Car bearing Registration No. 05- 0341 driven by himself, arrived at the main gate of the office, an un-identified miscreant stopped him and asked the key of the vehicle for going