IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE C.PRATHEEP KUMAR FRIDAY, THE 14^TH DAY OF MARCH 2025 / 23RD PHALGUNA, 1946 MACA NO. 3950 OF 2018 AGAINST THE AWARD DATED 09.02.2018 IN OPMV NO.1075 OF

2016 OF MOTOR ACCIDENT CLAIMS TRIBUNAL, PALAKKAD APPELLANT/PETITIONERS:

1 VINOD, AGED 37 YEARS, S/O CHODALAMUTHU, THEKEPAVADI, KOLLENGODE P.O., PALAKKAD.

2 MANJULA, W/O MANIKANDN, AGED 35 YEARS, KANJULLI HOUSE, KATTUKULAM, THIRUVALWAMALA PO, THRISSUR DISTRICT BY ADV BABY MATHEW RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS:

ORIENTAL INSURANCE CO. LTD., COPPICE ARCADE, CHITTUR ROAD, PUTHUNAGARAM P.O., PALAKKAD DISTRICT (INSURER OF MOTOR CYCLE NO.KL-9-AF-1269), POLICY NO.442092/31/2016/2674, VALID FROM

18.2.2016 TO 17.2.2017.

BY ADVS.

SRI.R.PADMARAJ SRI.P.J.ANTONY JOSEPH MARIADAS SRI.R.AJITH KUMAR [V.K.EDOM]

THIS MOTOR ACCIDENT CLAIMS APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 14.03.2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:

J U D G M E N T Dated this the 14^th day of March, 2025 The petitioners in O.P.(M.V.) No.1075/2016 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Palakkad are the appellants herein. (For the purpose of convenience, the parties are hereafter referred to as per th