JUDGMENT

(Prayer: This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, against the judgment and decree dated 30.03.2031 passed in MCOP No.602 of 2018 on the file of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Special District Court at Erode District.)

1. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed by the appellants challenging the award dated 30.03.2031 passed in MCOP No.602 of 2018 on the file of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Special District Court at Erode District.

2. The appellants filed MCOP No.602 of 2018 on the file of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Special District Court at Erode District claiming a sum of Rs.30,00,000/- as compensation for the death of one Murugesan who died in the accident that took place on 01.02.2018.

3. According to the appellants, on 01.02.2018, while the deceased Murugesan was riding his TVS XL bearing Regn.No.TN39 BW 0816 alongwith his friend as pillion rider, on the Avinashi to Karumathampatty Road, near Thekkalur Santhai from East to West direction, the 1st respondent rode his bike bearing Regn.No.TN37 BY 4340 in a ras