JUDGMENT :

(Prayer in C.M.A.No.1296 of 2016: Civil Miscellaneous Appeal filed under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act against the Decree and Judgment in M.C.O.P.No.242 of 2013, dated 07.12.2015, on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Additional District Court No.3, Dharapuram, Tiruppur District.

C.M.A.No.1297 of 2016: Civil Miscellaneous Appeal filed under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act against the Decree and Judgment in M.C.O.P.No.244 of 2013, dated 07.12.2015, on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Additional District Court No.3, Dharapuram, Tiruppur District.)

(The case has been heard through video conference)

1. These two Appeals are preferred by the Insurance Company challenging the award passed by the Tribunal on the ground that they are not liable to compensate.

2. The brief facts leading to these appeals are as below:-

On 08.07.2012, at about 7.00 pm one Sengaliappan, with three others on the pillion was riding the motor cycle bearing registration No.TN-66/B-3954 on Coimbatore to Siruvani main Road. Near Sethalaxmi nagar Perur, he tried to