Summary:
The claimants had filed an appeal before the High Court in 2010 for enhancement of compensation awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Sub Court), Madurai. The court also directed that if any compensation was already paid to the claimants that amount be deducted in the final payment. The claimants had filed a petition before the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Sub Court) claiming ?50,000 as compensation for the loss of their son. The court applied the precedent set by the Supreme Court in the Lata Wadwa and the Kishon Gopal judgement. The victim, Gubendran, 11 years, was killed after his cycle was run over by a bus belonging to the then Pandian Roadways Corporation, now the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation, Madurai Division, in 1984..