JUDGMENT :

Prayer: This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, against the judgment and decree dated 30.03.2015, made in M.C.O.P. No.953 of 2013, on the file of the Special District Court, (Motor Accident Claims Tribunal), Krishnagiri.

1. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed by the appellant- Transport Corporation against the quantum of compensation granted by the Tribunal in the award dated 30.03.2015, made in M.C.O.P. No.953 of 2013, on the file of the Special District Court, (Motor Accident Claims Tribunal), Krishnagiri.

2. By consent of the learned counsel appearing for the appellant as well as the respondents, the appeal is taken up for final disposal at the admission stage itself.

3. The appellant is the respondent in M.C.O.P. No.953 of 2013, on the file of the Special District Court, (Motor Accident Claims Tribunal), Krishnagiri. The respondents/claimant filed the said claim petition, claiming a sum of Rs.20,00,000/- as compensation for the death of one Veeraji who died in the accident that took place on 30.03.2013.

4. According to the respondents, on the date of accident, the deceased was walking on the left side of the road