JUDGMENT

(Prayer: This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act,1988, appeal against the award and decree dated 18.09.2018 made in M.C.O.P.No.43 of 2018 on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (Special District Judge), Krishnagiri.)

K. Govindarajan Thilakavadi, J.

1. The Transport Corporation has filed this Civil Miscellaneous Appeal, aggreived by the award, dated 18.09.2018 made in M.C.O.P.No.43 of 2018 , on the file of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Special District Judge), Krishnagiri fastening liability on the appellant/Transport Corporation to pay compensation to the claimants.

2. The 1st claimant has filed Cross Objection in Cross. Obj. No.30 of 2023, aggrieved over the insufficiency of the compensation awarded by the Tribunal in M.C.O.P.No.43 of 2018 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Special District Judge), Krishnagiri.

3. Both the C.M.A and the Cross Objections are taken together for disposal.

4. It is the case of the claimants, that on 29.05.2017 at about 16.45 hours when the deceased Sivarasan was driving his Scooty Zest 110 in Krishnagiri to Thiruvannamalai NH road towards Krishnagiri. While he was driving his ve