JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Civil Miscellaneous Appeal filed under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, against the judgment and decree dated 03.03.2021 made in M.C.O.P.No.1376 of 2018 on the file of the Motor Accidents claims Tribunal, I Additional District and Sessions Judge, Cuddalore.)

1. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed against the judgment and decree dated 03.03.2021 made in M.C.O.P.No.1376 of 2018 on the file of the Motor Accidents claims Tribunal, I Additional District and Sessions Judge, Cuddalore.

2. The appellant/claimant filed M.C.O.P.No.1376 of 2018 on the file of the Motor Accidents claims Tribunal, I Additional District and Sessions Judge, Cuddalore, claiming a sum of Rs.40,00,000/- as compensation for the death of one Raja, who died in the accident that took place on 25.09.2017.

3. The Tribunal considering the pleadings, oral and documentary evidence, held that the accident occurred due to rash and negligent driving by the driver of the respondent''s bus driver and directed the respondent/Transport Corporation to pay a sum of Rs.12,70,000/- along with in