(Judgment of the Court was delivered by K.K.RAMAKRISHNAN,J.

The appellant, the State Transport Corporation, challenges the award passed in M.C.O.P. No. 395 of 2023 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Dindigul.

2.Facts of the Case:

The claim petition was filed by the respondent/claimant seeking compensation for the death of one Jayaraman. According to the claimant, the deceased was travelling as a passenger in the appellant Corporation bus bearing Registration No. TN57 N 1294 on the Vadasandur–Dindigul Road. It is alleged that the driver of the appellant Corporation bus drove the vehicle in a rash and negligent manner and suddenly applied brakes, as a result of which the deceased was thrown out of the bus, sustained grievous head and bodily injuries, and subsequently succumbed to the same in the hospital.In this connection, a criminal case was registered by the jurisdictional police in Crime No. 108 of 2023 against the driver of the appellant Corporation bus for offences under Sections 279, 337 and 304-A of the Indian Penal Code. The deceased was stated to be aged about 40 year