JUDGMENT

The Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been preferred by the Insurance Company against the award dated 08.04.2025 passed in M.C.O.P.No.766 of 2022 by the Special Subordinate Judge / Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Thanjavur.

2. The first respondent / claimant has filed a claim petition in M.C.O.P.No.766 of 2022, claiming compensation for the injuries sustained by him, in an accident that took place on 10.05.2022. The Tribunal has awarded a sum of Rs.2,85,000/- (Rupees Two Lakhs and Eighty Five Thousand only) with interest at 7.5% per annum as compensation.

For the sake of convenience and brevity, the parties herein after will be referred as per their status/ranking in the Tribunal.

3. A brief substance of the claim petition is as follows:

The claimant was aged about 72 years and was doing agricultural work and was earning Rs.50,000/- per month. On 10.05.2022 at about 03.40 p.m., when the claimant was walking in Kandiyur to Ayyampettai road from East to West direction on the left side of the road, a TVS SUPER XL two wheeler bearing Registration No.TN-48-CF-5073, which came from North to South direction in a rash and negligent manner, had dashed against the claimant and as a result,