IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS Dated: 22.01.2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE K.GOVINDARAJAN THILAKAVADI,J.

Udaya Kumar …Appellant Vs.

1. D.Velusamy

2. M.Mary

3. Reliance General Insurance Company Ltd., T.P.Cell, No.6, Reliance House, Haddow Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai – 600 006. ...Respondents Prayer: This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act,1988, against the Judgment dated 12.09.2024 made in MCOP No.3609 of 2019 on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, III Court of Small Causes, Chennai.

For Appellant : Mr. G.Balakrishnan For Respondents : Mr. P.Suresh Srinivasan for R3 R1 & R2 – Notice dispensed with

JUDGME NT

This appeal, filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, has been preferred by the appellant/claimant seeking enhancement of the compensation awarded in M.C.O.P. No.3609 of 2019 on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, III Court of Small Causes, Chennai.

2.The brief facts of the case are as follows :

On 17.05.2019 at about 12.30 hours, while the petitioner was travelling as a pillion rider on a motorcycle bearing Registration No.TN-20-BX-1114, proceeding from Moolakar towards Meyyur Road, near Monnave