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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
M.DHANDAPANI, J
P. Chandrakala – Appellant
Versus
Narander Kumar Sharma – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
1. Aggrieved by the judgment and decree passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Special District Court to Deal with MCOP Cases No.I), Tiruvallur, in MCOP No.119/2018, as being meagre, the claimants, who are the daughter and son of the deceased has filed the present appeal.
2. The brief facts of the case necessary for the disposal of this appeal are as under :-
At about 1100 hours on 1.7.2018, when the deceased was standing on the side of the road near Kannan Rice Mill, Pondhavakkam Village, the vehicle, belonging to the 1st respondent, being driven by its driver in a rash and negligent manner, dashed against the deceased, in which the deceased suffered grievous injuries and the treatment initially at Government Hospital, Tiruvallur and, thereafter, for five days at Government Hospital, Chennai, being not successful, the deceased succumbed to the said injuries. The claimants, the daughter and son of the deceased, have, therefore, filed the claim petition in MCOP No.119 of 2018 claiming compensation.
3. Before the Tribunal, the claimants examined two witnesses as P.W.s 1 and 2 and marked Exs.P-1 to P-8. On the side of the 3rd respondent/insurer, while no witness was exam
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