JUDGMENT :

V.M. VELUMANI, J.

1. The matter is heard through “Video Conferencing/Hybrid mode.”

2. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed to set aside the award dated 12.06.2019 made in M.C.O.P. No. 240 of 2016, on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, III Additional District Court, Tirupattur.

3. The appellant is the respondent in M.C.O.P. No. 240 of 2016, on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, III Additional District Court, Tirupattur. The respondents filed the above said claim petition claiming a sum of Rs. 25,00,000/- as compensation for the death of one Arivazhagan, who died in the accident that took place on 01.01.2016.

4. According to respondents, on 01.01.2016 at about 03.45 A.M. while the deceased Arivazhagan was riding the motorcycle bearing Registration No. TN-19R-2016 along with one Siva as pillion rider on the Vellore Anna Salai to Thorapadi Road in front of Ooris Higher Secondary School, the driver of the bus bearing Registration No. TN-25N-0265 belonging to appellant, who was driving the bus on the same direction behind the motorcycle driven by the said Arivazhagan, lost his control over the bus and the front foot board the bus dashed against