JUDGMENT :

V.M. VELUMANI, J.

Prayer: This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, against the judgment and decree dated 30.11.2017, made in M.C.O.P. No. 274 of 2015, on the file of the Special District Court, (Motor Accident Claims Tribunal), Erode.

The matter is heard through “Video Conferencing.”

1. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed by the appellant-Insurance Company against the judgment and decree dated 30.11.2017, made in M.C.O.P. No. 274 of 2015, on the file of the Special District Court, (Motor Accident Claims Tribunal), Erode.

2. The appellant is the 1st respondent in M.C.O.P. No. 274 of 2015, on the file of the Special District Court, (Motor Accident Claims Tribunal), Erode. The respondents 1 to 3/ claimants filed the said claim petition, claiming a sum of Rs. 20,00,000/- as compensation for the death of one S. Ramesh, who died in the accident that took place on 17.11.2013.

3. According to the respondents 1 to 3, on the date of accident, the deceased was riding the Motorcycle bearing Registration No. TN-33-BC-3189 belonging to the 1st respondent, along with his two daughters viz. respondents 2 and 3 on the Erode to Perundura