1. The appellant / third respondent has preferred the present appeal against the judgment and decree dated 26.03.2008, made in M.A.C.T.O.P.No.27 of 2006, on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Additional District and Fast Track Court No.V, Coimbatore.

2. The short facts of the case are as follows:-

The claimants, who are the parents of the deceased Parthiban, had filed a claim petition in M.A.C.T.O.P.No.27 of 2006, on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Additional District and Fast Track Court No.V, Coimbatore, claiming a sum of Rs.7,50,000/- as compensation, from the respondents, for the death of their son Parthiban in a motor vehicle accident.

3. It was submitted that on 30.06.2005, at about 05.30 p.m., when the deceased Parthiban and one Shankar were travelling as pillion riders on a motorcycle bearing registration No.TN33 AC5160 along with Kannan @ Senthilmurugan, who was riding the motorcycle, on Mettupalayam Road, the second respondent's lorry bearing registration No.TN40 7399, coming at a high speed and driven in a negligent manner, dashed against the motorcycle. As a result, the deceased Parthiban had sustained injuries and succumbed to it