JUDGMENT

(Prayer: This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, against the judgment and decree dated 13.03.2019, made in M.C.O.P.No.6825 of 2014, on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, VI Small Causes Court, Chennai.)

V.M. Velumani, J.

1. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed by the appellant / Transport Corporation against the judgment and decree dated 13.03.2019, made in M.C.O.P.No.6825 of 2014, on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, VI Small Causes Court, Chennai.

2. The appellant is the respondent in M.C.O.P.No.6825 of 2014, on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, VI Small Causes Court, Chennai. The respondents/claimants filed the said claim petition, claiming a sum of Rs.50,00,000/- as compensation for the death of one N.Palani, who died in the accident that took place on 17.07.2014.

3. According to the respondents, on 17.07.2014 at around 16.15 hours, while the deceased N.Palani was riding the motorcycle bearing Registration No.TN 73 Z 2436 along the Banavaram to Nemili Bye Pass road from Minnal to Salai, near Minnal Bungalow gate junction, the driver of the bus bearing Registration No.TN 32 N 2