JUDGMENT

(Prayer: This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, against the award and decree made in M.C.O.P.No.38 of 2015, dated 24.01.2018, on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal / Ist Additional Sub Court, Nagercoil.)

1. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed against the award made in M.C.O.P.No.38 of 2015, dated 24.01.2018, on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal / Ist Additional Sub Court, Nagercoil. The appellant herein is the third respondent, the respondents 1 to 3 herein are the claimants and the respondents 4 to 6 herein are the respondents 1, 2 and 4 in the original claim petition.

2. Brief substance of the petition in M.C.O.P.No.38 of 2015 is as follows :-

On 20.02.2014, at about 8.45 am., the deceased-Rajakrishnan was riding his two wheeler, bearing Registration No.TN-74-AA-0090 along the Aasaripallam – Nagercoil road, near Gancardia School, a bus bearing Registration No.TN-74-N-0942 was driven by its driver in a rash and negligent manner, dashed against the deceased. He sustained injuries, he was admitted in the Government Hospital, Aasaripallam. Then he was admitted in Nagercoil Muthu Neuro Centre