JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Civil Miscellaneous Appeal filed under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, against the fair and decretal order dated 20.12.2010 in MCOP.No.1943 of 2006 on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal/II Judge, Court of Small Causes, Chennai.)

(This case has been heard through video conference)

1. The Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed challenging the fair and decretal order dated 20.12.2010 passed in MCOP.No.1943 of 2006 by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal/II Judge, Court of Small Causes, Chennai.

2. The case in brief is as follows:

On 15.11.2005, the Petitioner/Appellant herein was riding the motorcycle bearing Reg.No.TN-22-S-8114 at Kamarajar Salai, Chennai and proceeding from North to south direction. At that time, a Qualis Car bearing Reg.No.TN-1-J-1085 proceeding from east to west direction, driven in a rash and negligent manner, hit the petitioner’s/appellant’s vehicle, as a result of which, he sustained grievous injuries all over the body. The first respondent is the owner and the second respondent is the insurer of the car and both