JUDGMENT

The Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been preferred by the Insurance Company against the award dated 27.02.2025 passed in M.C.O.P.No.1317 of 2023 by the Special District Judge dealing with MCOP cases / Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Tiruchirappalli.

2. The respondents 1 to 4 / claimants have filed a claim petition in M.C.O.P.No.1317 of 2023, claiming compensation for the death of one Annamalai, in an accident that took place on 31.07.2023. The Tribunal has awarded a sum of Rs.12,78,200/- (Rupees Twelve Lakhs Seventy Eighty Thousand and Two Hundred only) with interest at 7.5% per annum as compensation.

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

The deceased Annamalai was aged about 58 years and was doing agriculture work and was earning Rs.35,000/- per month. On 31.07.2023 at about 07.00 a.m., when the deceased Annamalai was proceeding in a two wheeler bearing Registration No.TN-48-AS-6906 in Kallakudi – Kannanur road near Arasur Primary Health Centre from North to South on the extreme left side of the road, another two wheeler bearing Registration No.TN-48-BX-4514, which came in the opposite direction in a rash and negligent manner, had dashed against the decease