S. Manikumar, J.

1. Being aggrieved by the finding, fixing negligence on the driver of the bus, bearing registration No. TN-21-P-9909 and the quantum of compensation of Rs. 10,83,000/- awarded with interest, at the rate of 7.5% per annum, in M.C.O.P. No. 4734 of 2008, dated 20.11.2014, to the legal representative of the deceased, from the date of claim till deposit, United India Insurance Company Limited, Chennai, has filed this appeal.

2. Short facts, leading to the filing of the appeal, are as follows:

2.1. On 28.06.2006, about 20.15 p.m. when A. Thandavamoorthy, son of the first respondent, was travelling from Nellikuppam to Guduvancherry, in a bus, bearing registration No. TN-21-P-9909, it dashed against an electric post, a live wire fell on the bus, in which, Thandavamoorthy was electrocuted. He died due to electrocution. In this regard, a case in Crime No. 187 of 2006 for the offences under Sections 279, 334 and 304-A of IPC was registered against the driver of the bus, by the Sub Inspector of Police, Thiruporur Police Station. Mother of the deceased filed M.C.O.P.