G. RADHAKRISHNA RAO, J.

( 1 ) THESE four appeals are preferred by the United India Insurance Company Limited, respondent No. 3 in the lower court, challenging the judgments of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Kurnool dated 11/09/1989, passed in C. P. Nos. 208, 206, 207, and 205 of 1988, awarding various amounts of compensation in favour of the claimants in each petition.

( 2 ) WHILE the petitioners in the first three appeals, viz. , CM. As. 1988,1989 and 1990 of 1989 are the legal representatives or dependants of the respective deceased, the petitioner concerned in C. M. A. No. 1991 of 1989 is the injured person.

( 3 ) THE case of the petitioners in all the appeals is that on the date of incident (i. e. 6-5-1988) at about 10-00 a. m. when the deceased persons, the injured petitioner Ramakka and others were waiting by the side of the road near a culvert at Kanala village to board a bus to get to a shandy, the tractor driven by the 1st respondent, loaded with stones, came at a high speed and dashed against the deceased and the injured petitioner, as a result of which the deceased died and the petitioner Ramakka received injuries. The petitioners have also examined one V. Thirmmann

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