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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
C.V. Karthikeyan, K. Rajasekar, JJ
Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (Salem) Limited – Appellant
Versus
Ranganathan – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. overview of the accidental circumstances and the claim petition filed by survivors. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. summary of the appellant's contentions regarding non-joinder of parties and overvaluation of compensation. (Para 3 , 4) |
| 3. court's reasoning on the determination of liability and the validation of income-based compensation calculation. (Para 5 , 6 , 7) |
| 4. final dismissal of the appeal and confirmation of the trial court's award. (Para 8) |
JUDGMENT
(Judgment of the Court was delivered by C.V.Karthikeyan J.)
The Transport Corporation, aggrieved against the award dated 22.06.2023 passed by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal Additional District Court (FTC) Vellore on in M.C.O.P.No.149 of 2019, has filed the present Civil Miscellaneous Appeal.
2. Facts of the case are as follows:-
On 23.12.2018 at about 2.15 am, the first respondent and his wife Soundaravalli were travelling in a bus bearing registration No.TN-29-N-2283 belonging to the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (Salem) Limited in the Bangalore to Chennai National Highways. When the bus reached near Abdullapuram Co., Optex Godown, the driver of the bus drove the bus in a rash and negligent manner and dashed agai
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