JUDGMENT

C.V.KARTHIKEYAN, J.

The first and second defendants in O.S.No. 88 of 2011, on the file of the Principal District Court, Dindigul, are the appellants herein.

2. O.S.No.88 of 2011 had been filed by the first respondent herein, Maheswari, seeking a judgment and decree against the first and second defendants therein, the Life Insurance Corporation of India, represented by its Zonal Manager at Chennai and its Senior Divisional Manager at Madurai, who are the appellants herein, directing payment of a sum of Rs.2,75,07,759.98, together with interest on Rs.2,25,30,000/- at 12% per annum from the date of plaint till the date of realization, and for costs of the suit.

3. The suit was also filed against the third defendant, Vasantha, who is the mother-in-law of the plaintiff.

3.1. The plaintiff instituted the suit on the ground that the first and second defendants had repudiated the claims made under the insurance policies obtained from them, in which the insured was the husband of the plaintiff. The insured died in a motor car accident on 18.01.2009. The learned Trial Judge, on the basis of the evidence adduced, decreed the suit with costs, thereby necessitating the filing of the present