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J. NISHA BANU, R. SAKTHIVEL
Kasthuri – Appellant
Versus
T. Kumaran – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
(Judgment of the Court was made by J.NISHA BANU, J.)
PRAYER : Civil Miscellaneous Appeal filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, against the Award dated July 31, 2023 passed in M.C.O.P.No.640 of 2018 on the file of the Court of the Special Sub Judge No.II (Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal) Court of Small Causes, Chennai.
PRAYER : Civil Miscellaneous Appeal filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, against the Award dated July 31, 2023 passed in M.C.O.P.No.640 of 2018 on the file of the Court of the Special Sub Judge No.II (Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal) Court of Small Causes, Chennai.
These two Civil Miscellaneous Appeals are arising out of the ‘Award dated July 31, 2023, passed in M.C.O.P.No.640 of 2018' ['impugned Award' for short] by the 'Special Sub Judge – II (Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal), Court of Small Causes, Chennai' ['Tribunal' for short]. The petitioner in the aforesaid Original Petition has filed C.M.A.No.3048 of 2023 seeking enhancement of compensation. The second respondent/Insurance Company has filed C.M.A.No.691 of 2024 praying to set aside the impugned Award. This Common Judgment will now dispose of both these Civil Miscellaneous
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