JUDGMENT :

(Prayer : This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, against the Judgment and Decree dated 14.06.2018 made in M.C.O.P.No.150 of 2014 on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Additional District Court, Hosur.)

The matter is heard through "Video Conferencing".

2. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed against the award dated 14.06.2018 made in M.C.O.P.No.150 of 2014 on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Additional District Court, Hosur.

3. The appellant is the respondent in M.C.O.P.No.150 of 2014 on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Additional District Court, Hosur. The respondents filed the said claim petition claiming a sum of Rs.30,00,000/- as compensation for the death of their son viz., Vignesh, who died in the accident that took place on 05.10.2012.

4. According to respondents, on 05.10.2012 at about 01.30 hours (midnight), while the deceased Vignesh was driving the Tata Ace Tempo bearing Registration No.KA 51 A 4857 on Hosur – Thally Road Junction near Sangam Steel Company, t