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 30.08.2019 made in M.C.O.P. No. 135 of 2016, on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Special District Court, Villupuram.

3. The appellant is the 1st respondent in M.C.O.P. No. 135 of 2016, on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Special District Court, Villupuram. The respondents 1 to 3 filed the above said claim petition claiming a sum of Rs. 30,00,000/- as compensation for the death of one Kumari, who died in the accident that took place on 30.07.2015.

4. According to respondents 1 to 3, on 30.07.2015 at about 02.30 P.M., while the deceased Kumari was traveling in the car bearing Registration No. PY-01X-3233 owned by 4th respondent and insured with 5th respondent on the Villupuram-Thiruvannamalai 234 Natioanl Highways Road near Kariankulam at Shozhaganur Village, the driver of the bus bearing Registration No. TN-32N-3661 belonging to appellant, who was driving the bus from the opposite direction in a rash and negligent manner, dashed against the car in which the said Kumari was traveling and