{"id":8212,"date":"2006-08-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-08T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-managing-director-vs-mayilathal-on-9-august-2006"},"modified":"2017-01-29T23:57:27","modified_gmt":"2017-01-29T18:27:27","slug":"the-managing-director-vs-mayilathal-on-9-august-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-managing-director-vs-mayilathal-on-9-august-2006","title":{"rendered":"The Managing Director vs Mayilathal on 9 August, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Madras High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">The Managing Director vs Mayilathal on 9 August, 2006<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS\n\nDATED:  09.08.2006\n\nCORAM\n\nTHE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SATHASIVAM\n\nC.M.A.(NPD)No.231933  of 2006\n&amp; MP No.1 of 2006\n\n\nThe Managing Director,\nTamil Nadu State Transport\nCorporation Limited,\nCoimbatore.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.. Appellant\n                                                                                       \n\t\t\t\t\tVs.\n1.Mayilathal\n\n2.Rukmani\n\n3.Santhamani\n\n4.Vimala\n\n5.Angamuthu\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.. Respondents\n\n\tCivil Miscellaneous Appeal filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act against the award  dated 15.02.2006 made in MACTOP No.656 of 2003 on the file of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Additional District Court, Fast Track Court No.V) Coimbatore at Tiruppur.\n\t\tFor Appellant \t:   Mr.A.Babu\n\t\tFor Respondents  :   Mr.A.P.Thangavel\n\n\t\t\t\t\tJUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>\tAggrieved by the award of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Additional District Court, Fast Track Court No.V), Coimbatore at Tiruppur in MACTOP No.656 of 2003  dated 15.02.2006, the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Limited, Coimbatore, has filed the present appeal.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t2. In respect of the death of one Mandhiri Naicker in a road accident that took place on 25.04.2003, the respondents  herein prayed for compensation  of Rs.6,00,000\/-.  The Tribunal, on appreciation of oral and documentary evidence, passed  an award for a sum of Rs.1,55,000\/- with interest at 7.5%  from the date of petition till the date of deposit.  Questioning the same, the  Transport Corporation has filed the present appeal.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t3. The respondents are represented by counsel.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t4. Heard the learned counsel for the appellant as well as the respondents.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t5. Learned counsel appearing for the appellant pointed out that the deceased met with an accident  due to his own fault by coming out of the bus, when the bus was in motion.  Though  the driver was examined as RW1, the Tribunal preferred to accept the evidence of the eye witness, viz., PW1.  It is not in dispute that it was PW1, who made a complaint to the police, which has been marked as Ex.P1.  There is no reason to disbelieve the version of PW1.  On the other hand, as rightly pointed out by the Tribunal, though PW1 has stated in the departmental  enquiry that he was exonerated, no material was placed in support of his stand.  Accordingly, we agree with the conclusion arrived at by the Tribunal.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t6. Coming to the quantum, it is seen from Ex.P3, Legal Heirship Certificate that the claimants are the legal representatives of the deceased.  The post-mortem certificate has been marked as Ex.P4.  The Death certificate  has been marked as Ex.P2.  It is seen from Ex.P6  that the deceased is an agriculturist and he uses to sell vegetables at &#8220;Uzhavar Santhai&#8221; (cHth; re;ij).    The son of the deceased was examined as PW3.  He has deposed about the avocation and the income of the deceased.  Taking note of the age of the deceased as mentioned in the claim petition as well as the post-mortem certificate, the Tribunal  determined his age as 65 and applied a multiplier of 5.  The Tribunal is also justified in arriving at a  conclusion that it would be possible for  the deceased to earn  a  sum of Rs.3,000\/-  per month  and after deducting 1\/3rd amount towards his personal expenses, fixed the  contribution  to the family at Rs.24,000\/- per year and by applying the multiplier of 5, fixed the  loss of income  to the family at Rs.1,20,000\/- and  after adding a sum of Rs.10,000\/- towards  loss of love and affection to the wife and for the children\/claimants 2 to 5, awarded a sum of Rs.5,000\/- each, totalling Rs.20,000\/- and  further added a sum of Rs.5.000\/- towards the funeral    expenses   and    thus fixed    the   total   compensation    at Rs.1,55,000\/-.  Considering the materials placed, I am of the view that the amount  awarded by the Tribunal is just and reasonable and there is no ground for interference.  Accordingly, the Civil Miscellaneous Petition fails and the same is dismissed.  No costs.  Consequently, M.P.No.1 of 2006 is also dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<p>raa<\/p>\n<p>To<\/p>\n<p>1.The Additional District Judge,<br \/>\nFast Track Court No.V,<br \/>\nCoimbatore at Tiruppur.\n<\/p>\n<p>2. The Record Keeper,<br \/>\nVR Section,<br \/>\nHigh Court, Madras.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   CMA NPD No.2319 of 2006<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madras High Court The Managing Director vs Mayilathal on 9 August, 2006 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 09.08.2006 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SATHASIVAM C.M.A.(NPD)No.231933 of 2006 &amp; MP No.1 of 2006 The Managing Director, Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Limited, Coimbatore. .. Appellant Vs. 1.Mayilathal 2.Rukmani 3.Santhamani 4.Vimala 5.Angamuthu .. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-madras-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Managing Director vs Mayilathal on 9 August, 2006 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-managing-director-vs-mayilathal-on-9-august-2006\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Managing Director vs Mayilathal on 9 August, 2006 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-managing-director-vs-mayilathal-on-9-august-2006\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2006-08-08T18:30:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-01-29T18:27:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@legaliadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Legal_india\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-managing-director-vs-mayilathal-on-9-august-2006#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-managing-director-vs-mayilathal-on-9-august-2006\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\"},\"headline\":\"The Managing Director vs Mayilathal on 9 August, 2006\",\"datePublished\":\"2006-08-08T18:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-01-29T18:27:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-managing-director-vs-mayilathal-on-9-august-2006\"},\"wordCount\":579,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"High Court\",\"Madras High Court\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-managing-director-vs-mayilathal-on-9-august-2006#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-managing-director-vs-mayilathal-on-9-august-2006\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-managing-director-vs-mayilathal-on-9-august-2006\",\"name\":\"The Managing Director vs Mayilathal on 9 August, 2006 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2006-08-08T18:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-01-29T18:27:27+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-managing-director-vs-mayilathal-on-9-august-2006#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-managing-director-vs-mayilathal-on-9-august-2006\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-managing-director-vs-mayilathal-on-9-august-2006#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Managing Director vs Mayilathal on 9 August, 2006\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/\",\"name\":\"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\",\"description\":\"Search and read the latest judgements, orders, and rulings from the Supreme Court of India and all High Courts. A comprehensive database for lawyers, advocates, and law students.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Free judgements of Supreme Court & High Court of India | Legal India\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\",\"alternateName\":\"Legal India\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Legal_india\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\",\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Legal India Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/legaliadmin\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/author\/legal-india-admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Managing Director vs Mayilathal on 9 August, 2006 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-managing-director-vs-mayilathal-on-9-august-2006","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Managing Director vs Mayilathal on 9 August, 2006 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India","og_url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-managing-director-vs-mayilathal-on-9-august-2006","og_site_name":"Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","article_published_time":"2006-08-08T18:30:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-01-29T18:27:27+00:00","og_image":[{"width":512,"height":512,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Legal India Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@legaliadmin","twitter_site":"@Legal_india","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Legal India Admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-managing-director-vs-mayilathal-on-9-august-2006#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-managing-director-vs-mayilathal-on-9-august-2006"},"author":{"name":"Legal India Admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea"},"headline":"The Managing Director vs Mayilathal on 9 August, 2006","datePublished":"2006-08-08T18:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2017-01-29T18:27:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-managing-director-vs-mayilathal-on-9-august-2006"},"wordCount":579,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization"},"articleSection":["High Court","Madras High Court"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-managing-director-vs-mayilathal-on-9-august-2006#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-managing-director-vs-mayilathal-on-9-august-2006","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-managing-director-vs-mayilathal-on-9-august-2006","name":"The Managing Director vs Mayilathal on 9 August, 2006 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#website"},"datePublished":"2006-08-08T18:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2017-01-29T18:27:27+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-managing-director-vs-mayilathal-on-9-august-2006#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-managing-director-vs-mayilathal-on-9-august-2006"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-managing-director-vs-mayilathal-on-9-august-2006#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Managing Director vs Mayilathal on 9 August, 2006"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/","name":"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","description":"Search and read the latest judgements, orders, and rulings from the Supreme Court of India and all High Courts. A comprehensive database for lawyers, advocates, and law students.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Free judgements of Supreme Court & High Court of India | Legal India","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization","name":"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","alternateName":"Legal India","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Legal_india"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea","name":"Legal India Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Legal India Admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com","https:\/\/x.com\/legaliadmin"],"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/author\/legal-india-admin"}]}},"modified_by":null,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8212\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}