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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
R. SURESH KUMAR, P. DHANABAL
Managing Director Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Limited – Appellant
Versus
Mathivanan S/o Ponnuswamy – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
P. DHANABAL, J.
1. This Civil Miscellaneous appeal has been preferred as against the fair and decreetal order passed by the Motor Vehicles Accident Claims Tribunal/ III Additional District Judge, Cuddalore at Virudhachalam in M.C.O.P. No.51 of 2020 Court dated 21.04.2023, wherein the respondent herein has filed a claim petition seeking compensation as against the appellant for the injury sustained by him in a Road accident and the Tribunal awarded a sum of Rs.23,19,289/- along with interest @ 7.5% per annum from the date of petition. Aggrieved over the said order, the present appeal has been preferred.
2. Before the Tribunal, the respondent herein filed a petition stating that the petitioner is residing in Melur Village, Thittakudi Taluk and he is aged about 50 years and he is doing Supervisor work in abroad and earning around Rs.1 lakh per month. While so, on 28.12.2019 at about 11 a.m., when he was standing at the left side of the Road near bus stand, the driver of a bus bearing Registration No.TN21 N 1733 had driven the bus in a rash and negligent manner and dashed against him. Due to that impact, the respondent sustained injuries all over his body and he was permanently
The court affirmed that negligence was properly attributed to the bus driver and upheld the compensation awarded for injury, emphasizing the proper application of the multiplier method.
The court upheld the Tribunal's ruling on negligence against the bus driver and affirmed the awarded compensation as fair and justified, emphasizing the importance of evidence in negligence claims.
The court emphasized the importance of evidence in establishing negligence and determining reasonable compensation under the Motor Vehicles Act.
The determination of negligence, calculation of disability, and assessment of compensation under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
The main legal point established in the judgment is the assessment of compensation under the Motor Vehicles Act and the determination of negligence in road accidents.
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