# R. Balaji vs THE MANAGING DIRECTOR

Court: madras High Court
Date: 2026-07-15
Petitioner: R. Balaji
Respondent: THE MANAGING DIRECTOR

[Official PDF on madras High Court website](https://mhc.tn.gov.in/judis/index.php/casestatus/viewpdf/1351103)

## Judgment text (excerpt)

C.M.A.No.82 of 2024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 15.07.2026 CORAM: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE N. ANAND VENKATESH C.M.A.No.82 of 2024 R.Balaji ... Appellant Vs. The Managing Director, Metropolitan Transport Corporation Limited, Chennai – 600002. ... Respondent PRAYER: Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, to enhance the amount awarded in the judgment and decree dated 05.07.2023 in MCOP No.1096 of 2019 on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, IV Court of Small Causes, Chennai, For Appellant : Mr.R.Nalliyappan For Respondent : Mr.Anton Dhanasekaran JUDGMENT This civil miscellaneous appeal has been filed against the award passed by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, IV Small Causes Court, Chennai, in MCOP No.1096 of 2019 dated 05.07.2023, wherein the appellant/claimant is seeking enhancement of compensation fixed by the Tribunal. 1/7 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis ( Uploaded on: 17/07/2026 02:17:23 pm ) C.M.A.No.82 of 2024 2. The case of the appellant/claimant is that on 10.02.2019, at about 22.00 hours, when the claimant was waiting at the Tidel Park Signal bus stop, a bus belonging to the respondent/Trans

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