JUDGMENT :

D. KRISHNAKUMAR, J.

Prayer: This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, against the judgment and decree dated 27.03.2012, made in M.C.O.P. No. 255 of 2011, on the file of the Subordinate Judge, Cuddalore.

The matter is heard through “Video Conferencing.”

1. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed by the appellant/Transport Corporation against the judgment and decree dated 27.03.2012, made in M.C.O.P. No. 255 of 2011, on the file of the Subordinate Judge, Cuddalore

2. The appellant is the respondent in M.C.O.P. No. 255 of 2011, on the file of the Subordinate Judge, Cuddalore The respondent herein has filed the said claim petition, claiming a sum of Rs. 7,00,000/- as compensation for the injuries sustained by him in the road accident that took place on 04.01.2011.

3. Breif facts leading to the case is that on 04.01.2011 when the claimant was proceedings in his motor cycle bearing Reg. No. TN-31AX-7122 at about 7.30 AM near Western side of railway junction, Vridhachalam, the respondent corporation bus bearing Reg. No. TN-30N-0951 came from the opposite direction at a very high speed in a rash and negligent manner, without making