JUDGMENT :

Prayer: This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, against the judgment and decree dated 23.01.2019 made in M.C.O.P.No.82 of 2017 on the file of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Sub Court, Tiruvarur.

1. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed by the appellant/Transport Corporation to set aside the award dated 23.01.2019 made in M.C.O.P.No.82 of 2017 on the file of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Sub Court, Tiruvarur.

2. The appellant/Transport Corporation is respondent in M.C.O.P.No.82 of 2017 on the file of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Sub Court, Tiruvarur. The respondent filed the said claim petition claiming a sum of Rs.20,00,000/- as compensation for the death of his son viz., Lakshmanan, who died in the accident that took place on 12.05.2011.

3. According to the respondent, on the date of accident, i.e., on 12.05.2011 at about 2.00 p.m., while one Rajeshkannan was riding the Bajaj pulsar motorcycle along with the deceased Lakshmanan as a pillion rider on Nagapattinam to Tanjore road, near Kannan hospital, Koradac