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J. NISHA BANU, R. SAKTHIVEL
National Insurance Co. Ltd. , – Appellant
Versus
S. Gnanavel – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
R.SAKTHIVEL, J.
PRAYER : Civil Miscellaneous Appeal filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, praying to set aside the Award dated October 31, 2019 made in M.C.O.P.No.7252 of 2016 on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Special Sub Court No.2, Small Causes Court, Chennai.
PRAYER : Civil Miscellaneous Appeal filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, praying to set aside the Award dated October 31, 2019 passed in M.C.O.P.No.7252 of 2016 by the Special Sub Judge – II, MCOP Tribunal, Court of Small Causes, Chennai – 104.
These two Civil Miscellaneous Appeals are arising out of the ‘Award dated October 31, 2019, passed in M.C.O.P.No.7252 of 2016’ ['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.1406 of 2023 seeking enhancement of compensation. The second respondent / Insurance Company has filed C.M.A. No.855 of 2022 praying to set aside the impugned Award. This Common Judgment will now dispose of both these Civil Miscellaneous Appeals.
2. For the sake of convenience, henceforth,
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