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.1425 of 2015, dated 20.04.2018, on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal / Special Sub Court, Tirunelveli.)

1. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed against the award, made in M.C.O.P.No.1425 of 2015, dated 20.04.2018, on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal / Special Sub Court, Tirunelveli. The appellant herein is the respondent and the respondents herein are the claimants in the original M.C.O.P. Petition.

2. Brief substance of the claim petition in M.C.O.P.No.1425 of 2015, is as follows: On 25.10.2014, at about 3.45 pm., while the deceased was nearing her house, a bus bearing Registration No.TN-74-N-1585 came in a rash and negligence manner, dashed against the deceased. The deceased sustained injury and succumbed to the injuries. The petitioners claimed a sum of Rs.20,00,000/- as compensation.

3. Brief substance of the counter filed by the second respondent in M.C.O.P.No.1425 of 2015, is as follows:

The manner of the accident as narrated in the petition is wrong. The bus driver drove the bus in a ca