JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Civil Miscellaneous Appeal filed under Order 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, to set aside the Judgment and decree dated 12.08.2014 passed in M.C.O.P.No.319 of 2000 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Subordinate Court, Palani.)

1. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed against the Judgment and decree dated 12.08.2014 passed in M.C.O.P.No.319 of 2000 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Subordinate Court, Palani, by the appellant / Insurance Company challenging the liability as well as the quantum of the award passed by the Tribunal.

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

3. The brief facts in a nutshell are as follows:

(i) This is a case of injury. On 01.10.1998 at about 6.15 P.M., while the petitioner along with other co-passengers were travelling in the Rama Vilas bus bearing registration No. TN.27 T 5889 belonging to the 2nd respondent from Salem to Namakkal NH-7, main road, near Santhiyur Pirivu Road, it dashed against another ve