JUDGMENT

Challenging the award passed in M.C.O.P.No.806 of 2022, dated 19.02.2024 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal/Special District Judge (MACT), Madurai, this civil miscellaneous appeal has been filed by the Insurance Company.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties herein are referred to as per the ranking before the learned Tribunal.

3. The appellant Insurance Company is the 2^nd respondent before the Tribunal. The petitioners are the legal heirs of the deceased person. The 1^st respondent is the owner cum driver of the four wheeler involved in the accident. On 18.02.2022, after purchasing groceries, the deceased riding his TVS XL bearing registration no.TN67F7130 intending to cross the Virudhunagar to Thirumangalam NH7. While crossing the road from west to east, Hundai i10 bearing registration no.TN09BP6518 which was driven in a fast and negligent manner by the 1^st respondent from south to north, hit against the rider of the two wheeler causing an accident. As a result of which, the rider of the two wheeler, namely Muthuramalingam sustained serious injuries, who on admission at Thirumangalam Government Hospital was declared dead on the date. The 1^st respondent h