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R. THARANI
Branch Manager Madurai – 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, made in M.C.O.P.No. 25 of 2016, dated 03.01.2019, on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Subordinate Court, Sivakasi.)
1. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed against the award made in M.C.O.P.No.25 of 2016, dated 03.01.2019, on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Subordinate Court, Sivakasi. The appellant herein is the second respondent, the respondents 1 to 4 herein are the claimants and the fifth respondent herein is the first respondent in the original M.C.O.P. Petition.
2. A brief substance of the petition, in M.C.O.P.No.25 of 2016, is as follows:-
On 10.10.2015, at about 01.45 pm, when the deceased - Subramanian was riding a two wheeler bearing Registration No.TN-67- E-6966 along the Virudhunagar - Sattur road, keeping the left side of the road, a Maruthi van bearing Registration No.TN-59-J-1524 came in a rash and negligent manner from behind the deceased, dashed against the two wheeler. The deceased was taken to Government Hospital, Virudhunagar, then, he was taken to Madurai Rajaji Hospital a
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