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 13.02.2018 made in M.C.O.P. No. 797 of 2017 on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Principal Special Judge, Special Court under E.C. & NDPS Act, Chennai.

3. The appellant is the respondent in M.C.O.P. No. 797 of 2017 on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Principal Special Judge, Special Court under E.C. & NDPS Act, Chennai. The respondent filed the above said claim petition claiming a sum of Rs. 30,00,000/- as compensation for the injuries sustained by him in the accident that took place on 07.11.2016.

4. According to respondent, on 07.11.2016 at about 08.45 hours, while he was traveling as pillion rider in the motorcycle bearing Registration No. TN-20AX-3632 from East to West on the Utiramerur-Vandawash Main Road, opposite to Elumalayan Kalyana Mandapam, Manambathi, Uthiramerur Taluk, the driver of the bearing Registration No. TN-21N-1651 belonging to appellant-Transport Corporation, drove the same in a rash and negligent manner from the opposite direction endangering public safety, came t