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R. THARANI
Branch Manager New Ïndia Assurance Company Limited, – Appellant
Versus
Muthamizhan, – 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.18 of 2018, dated 28.02.2019, on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-III Additional District and Sessions Judge, Thanjavur at Pattukottai.)
1. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed against the awardmade in M.C.O.P.No.18 of 2018, dated 28.02.2019, on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-III Additional District and Sessions Judge, Thanjavur at Pattukottai. The appellant herein is the second respondent, the first respondent herein is the claimant and the second 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.18 of 2018 , is as follows:-
On 28.09.2017, at about 7.00 pm., when the petitioner was travelling in a two wheeler bearing Registration No.TN-49-BJ-4108, keeping the extreme left side of the road, a Tractor bearing Registration No.TN-49-BJ-1813 came in a rash and negligence manner and hit against the
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