JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: The Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is preferred under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, against the judgment and decree dated 01.07.2017 passed in M.C.O.P. No.202 of 2014 on the file of the learned Sub Judge, Sub Court-cum-Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Madurantakam.)

1. The judgment and decree dated 01.07.2017 passed in M.C.O.P. No.202 of 2014 by the learned Sub Judge, Sub Court-cum-Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Madurantakam, is under challenge in the present Civil Miscellaneous Appeal.

2. The accident occurred on 29.06.2014 at about 15.30 Hours at Kovai to Trichy Main Road, in front of Sulur Lorry Owners Association Sangam Petrol Bunk, Sulur, Coimbatore District. The Sulur Police Station registered a case in Crime No.504 of 2014 under Sections 279 and 337 of IPC.

3. The respondent-claimant was riding his motorcycle bearing Registration No.PY-01-PG-2371 from Sulur Air Force to Sulur. The other vehicle involved in the accident is Yamaha Crux Motorcycle bearing Registration No.TN-37-BV-1020. Due to the accident, the respondent-claimant sustained grievous