J. NISHA BANU, R. SAKTHIVEL
K. Sundaramoorthy – Appellant
Versus
R. S. Amuthan – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
R.SAKTHIVEL, J.
PRAYER : Civil Miscellaneous Appeal filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, for enhancement of compensation against the Award dated January 24, 2019, passed in M.C.O.P.No.140 of 2016 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal at Ariyalur (Chief Judicial Magistrate).
PRAYER : Civil Miscellaneous Appeal filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, praying to modify the Award dated January 24, 2019, passed in M.C.O.P.No.140 of 2016 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal / Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ariyalur, regarding the portion of the Award pay and recovery and quantum of the compensation amount.
PRAYER : Civil Miscellaneous Appeal filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, praying to set aside the Award dated January 24, 2019, passed in M.C.O.P.No.140 of 2016 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal / Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ariyalur.
This Common Judgment will govern the following Civil Miscellaneous Appeals filed assailing the ‘Award dated January 24, 2019, passed in M.C.O.P.No.140 of 2016’ [henceforth ‘impugned Award’], by the ‘Motor Accident Claims Tribunal at Ariyalur (Chief Judicial Magistrate)’
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