JUDGMENT

(Prayer: This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, against the judgment and decree order passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal – Sub Court, Kulithalai, in M.C.O.P.No.270 of 2014, dated 27.08.2018.)

1. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed against the award passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal – Sub Court, Kulithalai, in M.C.O.P.No.270 of 2014, dated 27.08.2018. The appellants herein are the claimants and the respondents herein are the respondents in the original M.C.O.P. Petition.

2. A brief substance of the petition, in M.C.O.P.No.270 of 2014, is as follows:-

On 04.07.2011, at about 6.00 pm., when the deceased – Pappan was riding his cycle along the left side mud road, an Indica Car bearing Registration No.TN-60-W-4802 came from behind the cycle, in a rash and negligent manner, dashed against the cycle and the deceased fell down. He was taken to Government hospital, Manapparai. But, he died on his way to the hospital. The deceased was a construction worker, he was earning Rs. 10,000/- per