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 22.06.2020 made in M.C.O.P. No. 309 of 2016 on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Principal District Court, Perambalur.

3. The appellant is the 2nd respondent in M.C.O.P. No. 309 of 2016 on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Principal District Court, Perambalur. The 1st respondents filed the said claim petition claiming a sum of Rs. 30,00,000/- as compensation for the death of one Kanagaraj, who died in the accident that took place on 12.11.2015.

4. According to 1st respondent, on 12.11.2015 at about 03.15 P.M. while the deceased Kanagaraj was driving the unregistered motorcycle along with one Prabakaran as pillion rider from South to North on the extreme left side of the Thuraiyur-Trichy Road near Naval tree bus stop, Pagalavadi, the driver of the Bolero vehicle bearing Registration No. TN-48Y-2003 drove the same in a rash and negligent manner from the opposite direction, dashed against the motorcycle driven by the said Kanagaraj and caused the accident. In the accident, the said Kanagara