JUDGMENT

The appellant, the Iffco-Tokio General Insurance Company Limited is the second respondent in M.C.O.P.143 of 2020 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Jayangondam. The first respondent filed the above said claim petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act seeking compensation of Rs.30,00,000/- for the injuries sustained by him in a road accident that took place on 07.04.2018. 2. The brief case of the claimant is as follows :

On 07.04.2018, the claimant was riding his two wheeler bearing Registration No. TN-61-J-9301 on T.Palur - Suthamalli Road. When he was nearing Saravana Mahal, a TVS XL 100 two wheeler bearing Registration Number TN-61-P-0322 which was going ahead of him suddenly turned right hand side and on seeing a speeding vehicle coming in the opposite direction took a left turn, as a result of which, the claimant hit the two wheeler bearing Registration Number TN-61-P-0322 and sustained injuries all over his body.

3. According to the claimant, the rash and negligent riding of the rider of the two wheeler bearing Registration Number TN-61-P-0322 belonging to the second respondent was the cause of the accident and that since the said vehicle was i