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V. M. VELUMANI, V. SIVAGNANAM
National Insurance Company Limited, Chennai – Appellant
Versus
Subbulakshmi – Respondent
JUDGMENT
(Prayer: This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, against the judgment and decree dated 04.12.2019, made in M.C.O.P.No.325 of 2017, on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Additional District Court - Fast Track Court, Kancheepuram.)
V.M. Velumani, J.
1. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed by the appellant / New India Insurance Company Limited against the judgment and decree dated 04.12.2019, made in M.C.O.P.No.325 of 2017, on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Additional District Court - Fast Track Court, Kancheepuram.
2. The appellant is the 2nd respondent in M.C.O.P.No.325 of 2017, on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Additional District Court - Fast Track Court, Kancheepuram. The respondents 1 to 3 / claimants filed the said claim petition, claiming a sum of Rs.1,00,00,000/- as compensation for the death of one Iyappan, who died in the accident that took place on 26.03.2017.
3. According to the respondents 1 to 3, on 26.03.2017 at about 06.30 a.m., while the deceased Iyappan was walking opposite to Narayana Mastry House on the Ozalur – Chengalpet Road, the rider of the motorcycle
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