JUDGMENT :

Prayer: This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, against the judgment and decree dated 03.02.2016, made in M.C.O.P. No.195 of 2014, on the file of the District Court, (Motor Accident Claims Tribunal), Karaikal.

1. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed by the appellant- Transport Corporation to set aside the judgment and decree dated 03.02.2016, made in M.C.O.P. No.195 of 2014, on the file of the District Court, (Motor Accident Claims Tribunal), Karaikal.

2. The appellant is the 2nd respondent in M.C.O.P. No.195 of 2014, on the file of the District Court, (Motor Accident Claims Tribunal), Karaikal. The 1st respondent/claimant filed the said claim petition, claiming a sum of Rs.50,00,000/- as compensation for the injuries sustained by her in the accident that took place on 26.08.2012.

3. According to the 1st respondent, on the date of accident, when she was traveling in a Hyundai Car bearing Registration No.TN-07-BD-3210 to Airport, Chennai, along with her husband and two minor grand children, driven by its driver fro