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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
J.NISHA BANU, R.SAKTHIVEL
Reliance General Insurance Co. Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Geethanjali W/o. Bharath – Respondent
R.SAKTHIVEL, J.
JUDGMENT :
1. Feeling aggrieved by the Award dated March 25, 2022 passed in M.C.O.P. No.2413 of 2019 on the file of the 'Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (Chief Judge, Court of Small Causes), Chennai' ['Tribunal' for short], the second respondent therein/Insurance Company has preferred this Civil Miscellaneous Appeal.
2. For the sake of convenience, the parties will hereinafter be referred to as per their rank in the Motor Accident Claims Original Petition.
PETITIONERS' CASE
3. The first petitioner is the wife of the deceased – Bharath. Second petitioner is his minor son while 3rd and 4th petitioners are his parents. On March 17, 2019 at about 07.00 a.m., while the deceased was riding his motorcycle bearing Registration No.TN-22-BJ-2212 in South to North direction on Anna Salai, Teynampet, along with 4th petitioner in another two wheeler, a Tata Super Ace bearing Registration No.TN-31- BB-8038 driven in a rash and negligent manner coming from the opposite lane, suddenly crossed the center median and dashed against the motorcycle ridden by the deceased and due to the impact, the deceased sustained multiple injuries all over his body. Immediately, he was taken to Government
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