JUDGMENT

(Prayer : Civil Miscellaneous Appeal filed under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, to set aside the judgment and decree of the Claims Tribunal in M.C.O.P.No.4422 of 2013 dated 24.06.2017 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Special District Court (MCOP), Tiruchirappalli.)

1. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been directed as against the judgment and award passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Special District Judge, at Tiruchirappalli in M.C.O.P.No.4422 of 2013 dated 24.06.2017, by the appellant/second respondent/insurance company, challenging the award passed by the learned Tribunal.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are addressed herein as per the rank in M.C.O.P.No.4422 of 2013.

3. The factual matrix of the present case, briefly stated, are as under:- The first petitioner is the wife, the second petitioner is the minor son and the third and fourth petitioners are the parents of the deceased. On 22.03.2006 at about 05.00 p.m., the deceased Murugesh @ Murugesan employed under the first respondent on his in