IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS Dated: 19.02.2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE K.GOVINDARAJAN THILAKAVADI C.M.A.No. 3006 of 2025 Thilakavathi …. Appellant Vs

1.T.Dilli Babu

2.The Manager, National Insurance Company Limited, Mortor Third Party Claims Hub, Regina Mansion, 3^rd Floor, No.46, Moore Street, Chennai – 600 001. …. Respondents Prayer: Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act,1988, to allow the Civil Miscellaneous Appeal by enhancing the compensation order dated 17.02.2025 passed in MCOP No.2780 of 2018 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (In the II Court of Small Causes, Chennai).

For Appellant : Mr.K.Balaji For R1 : Notice Dispensed with For R2 : Mr.N.Vijayaraghavan

JUDGME NT

This appeal has been filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act by the appellant/claimant seeking enhancement of the compensation awarded in M.C.O.P. No.2780 of 2018 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, (IV Court of Small Causes), Chennai.

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

On 13.12.2017, at about 8.40 hours, when the claimant was travelling as a passenger in a van bearing Registration No.TN-01-L-1641, in GST Road, p