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.137 of 2013, dated 13.04.2018, on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal /Additional District and Special Court, Pudukkottai.)

1. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed against the award made in M.C.O.P.No.137 of 2013, dated 13.04.2018, on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal / Additional District and Special Court, Pudukkottai. The appellant herein is the respondent and the respondent herein is the claimant in the original claim petition.

2. Brief substance of the petition, in M.C.O.P.No.137 of 2013, is as follows :- On 06.04.2012, at about 05.45 pm., the petitioner was riding his two wheeler bearing Registration No.TN-55-W-8553 with his sister as a pillion rider along the Pudhukottai – Trichy road, in a slow and steady manner, keeping the extreme left side of the road. At that time, a bus bearing Registration No.TN-63-N-1488, driven by its driver in a rash and negligent manner, dashed against the two wheeler. The petitioner sustained injuries. The petitioner claimed a sum of Rs.5,00,000/- as compensation.

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