1. The appellant/second respondent has preferred the present appeal against the judgment and decree dated 31.12.2004, made in M.C.O.P.No.753 of 2000, on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Sub-Court, Kanchipuram.

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

The petitioner had filed the claim petition in M.C.O.P.No.753 of 2000, on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Sub-Court, Kanchipuram, claiming compensation of a sum of Rs.5,00,000/- from the respondents for the injuries sustained by her in a motor vehicle accident.

3. It was submitted that on 13.02.2000, at about 09.45 p.m., the petitioner was travelling in a Fiat Uno Car bearing registration No.TN21 C3006, from Chennai to Kanchipuram, along with her family members. When the car was proceeding on Sriperumbudur Bye Pass Road i.e., G.W.T. Road on the extreme left and when it was near Poornima Petrol Bunk, the first respondent's lorry bearing registration No. TSH 5857, which was proceeding ahead of the lorry at a high speed and in a rash and negligent manner and was turned suddenly towards the right side of the road without giving any indication and consequently dashed against the front of the c