JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Civil Miscellaneous Appeal filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 against the Judgment and decree dated 09.04.2021 made in M.C.O.P. No. 1641 of 2016 on the file of the Special Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Presiding Officer, Tirppur.)

1. This Appeal has been filed by the Appellant Transport Corporation challenging the award dated 09.04.2021 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Presiding Officer, Tirppur in M.C.O.P. No. 1641 of 2016.

2. The Appellant Transport Corporation has challenged the impugned award questioning the fixation of negligence on the part of the Driver of the bus by the Tribunal and they have also challenged the quantum of compensation awarded by the Tribunal.

3. The Tribunal under the impugned award directed the Appellant Transport Corporation to pay the respondents/ claimants a compensation of Rs.19,60,000/- as detailed hereunder for the death of one Subramani caused by a bus owned by the Appellant Transport Corporation on 27.05.2016.