ORDER

1. These three appeals are by the claimants who received injuries in a motor accident. There was a head-on collision between the offending car owned and driven by the first respondent and insured with the second respondent with the car in which the injured persons were travelling. That car was owned by Dr (Mrs) K. R. Tandon - one of the occupants, the person who suffered the most, as compared to others, both in terms of injuries as also pecuniary loss. When the matter was put to issue before the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal diversifying the claims under various heads, the Tribunal awarded a sum of Rs 1,60,907.36 to Dr (Mrs) Tandon; a sum of Rs 26,741 to her injured husband and their two minor injured children and a sum of Rs 720 to the injured maidservant who was in the employment with the Tendons. The High Court, on appeals by the respondents, reduced the award in respect of Mrs Tandon to Rs 50,157.36; that of her husband and minor children to Rs 4500 but maintained the award in respect of the maidservant.

2. The negligence of the first respondent and the liability of the second respondent as the insurer are beyond dispute at the present juncture. The only arena is to fig