JUDGMENT

(Prayer: This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, to set aside the order of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal cum Sub Court, Sivakasi made in M.C.O.P.no.148 of 2012 dated 20.04.2016.)

Challenging the negligence as well as the quantum fixed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Sub Court), Sivakasi in M.C.O.P.No.148 of 2012, dated 20.04.2016, the present Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to herein as per their rank before the Tribunal.

3. The brief facts leading to the filing of the claim petition are as follows:

On 07.01.2010 at about 18.00 hours, the deceased was riding his motorcycle bearing Registration No.TN-67-Y-6085 with his friend and he stopped his motorcycle behind the vehicle bearing Registration No.TN-69-Y-7966. At the time, the mini bus bearing registration No.TN-69-W-0561 driven by its driver in a rash and negligent manner dashed against the motorcycle of the deceased. As a result, the deceased sustained serious injuries and succumbed to the same on