R. THARANI
Managing Director, Tamil Nadu State Express Transport Corporation Limited, Chennai – Appellant
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Indirani – Respondent
JUDGMENT
(Prayer: This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, to set aside the judgment and decree dated 26.03.2012 passed in M.C.O.P.No.117 of 2011 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal/Additional District Court/Fast Track Court No.2, Trichirappalli.)
1. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed against the award passed in M.C.O.P.No.117 of 2011 dated 26.03.2012, on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal/Additional District Court/Fast Track Court, Trichirappalli.
2. The appellant herein is the respondent and the respondents herein are the petitioners in the claim petition. The respondents herein have filed a claim petition in M.C.O.P.No.117 of 2011, claiming compensation for the death of one Kathirvel, in an accident that took place on 01.08.2010. The Tribunal has awarded a sum of Rs.11,97,620/- (Rupees Eleven Lakhs Ninety Seven Thousand Six Hundred and Twenty only) as compensation. Against which, the appellant has preferred this appeal.
3. A brief substance of the claim petition in M.C.O.P.No.117 of 2011 is as follows:
On 01.08.2010, when the deceased was working as a Conductor in a bus bearing registra
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