JUDGMENT :

(Through Video Conferencing)

Insurance Company is the appellant in this Civil Miscellaneous Appeal. It is aggrieved by the impugned Judgment and Decree dated 18.02.2019 passed by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (In the Court of Small Causes, Chennai), Chennai in M.C.O.P.No.728 of 2014.

2. By the impugned Judgment and Decree, the Tribunal has awarded a sum of Rs.11,06,000/- as compensation together with interest at 7.5% per annum from the date on which the claim petition was taken on file till the date of deposit to the first to third respondents.

3. The first to third respondents are the dependents of the deceased S.Narayanan who died in a motor accident. On 03.01.2014 at about 6.00 p.m., when the deceased was riding a Bi-Cycle on the ECR Road, a Share Auto bearing registration No.TN-19-C-9570 driven by its driver belonging to the first respondent insured with the appellant Insurance Company allegedly came behind the Bi-Cycle and hit the deceased, as result of which, the deceased sustained grievous injuries and later died at Govt. Hospital. Therefore, the first to th