JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, against the judgment and decree made in M.C.O.P.No.441 of 2011 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal - Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Tirunelveli, dated 27.08.2012.

This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, against the judgment and decree made in M.C.O.P.No.441 of 2011 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal - Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Tirunelveli, dated 27.08.2012.)

1. Both the Appeals are arising out of the same order, dated 27.08.2012, in M.C.O.P.No.441 of 2011, on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal - Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Tirunelveli.

2. C.M.A.(MD)No.1326 of 2013 has been filed by the Claimant and C.M.A.(MD)No.228 of 2014 has been filed by the Transport Corporation.

3. Brief substance of the petition in M.C.O.P.No.441 of 2011, is as follows:-

The petitioner was aged about 19 years at the time of accident and she worked as a police in Manimutharu Battalion and she was earning Rs.11,500/- per month. On 26.08.2011, at about 2.00 p.m., when the petitioner was travelling in a Bus bearing Registra