JUDGMENT

This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed against the award, dated 14.11.2019, made in M.C.O.P.No.34 of 2015, on the file of the Subordinate Judge - Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Aruppukottai. The appellant herein is the second respondent, the respondents 1 to 5 herein are the claimants and the sixth respondent herein is the first respondent in the original M.C.O.P. Petition.

2. A brief substance of the claim petition, in M.C.O.P.No.34 of

2015, is as follows:

On 20.12.2012, at about 8.15 pm, when the deceased- Thangapandi was travelling in a two wheeler bearing Registration No.TN-67-AC-7435 as a pillion rider, a bus bearing Registration No.TN-67-D-3929 came in a rash and negligent manner, from the opposite direction and dashed against the two wheeler. Both the pillion riders as well as the rider, by name, Sivakumar died on the spot. The deceased was working in a private institution as a Driver and he was earning Rs.20,000/-. The petitioners are his dependants and they claim a sum of Rs.50,00,000/- as compensation.

3. A brief substance of the counter filed by the second respondent, in M.C.O.P.No.34 of 2015, is as follows:

The deceased was travelling in a two wheeler along