JUDGMENT

(Prayer: This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, against the judgment and decree dated 03.11.2020, made in M.C.O.P.No.74 of 2019, on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Special District Court, Salem.)

V.M. Velumani, J.

1. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed by the appellants / claimants challenging the dismissal order passed by the Tribunal in the award dated 03.11.2020, made in M.C.O.P.No.74 of 2019, on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Special District Court, Salem.

2. The appellants are the claimants in M.C.O.P.No.74 of 2019, on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Special District Court, Salem. They filed the said claim petition, claiming a sum of Rs.25,00,000/- as compensation for the death of one P.Mohanraj, who died in the accident that took place on 22.04.2018.

3. According to the appellants, on 22.04.2018 at about 13.45 hours while the deceased P.Mohanraj was riding the motorcycle bearing Registration No.TN 90 B 6400 on the Vellalakundam – Veppilaipatty road near Arasamaram bus stop, the rider of the two wheeler bearing Registration No.TN 54 C 5784, who was riding the two wh