JUDGMENT :

1. Since these appeals arise out of the award dated 07.12.2012, passed in O.P.No.318 of 2011, on the file of the I Additional District Judge-cum-Chairman, Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal at Chittoor, they are heard together and are being disposed of by passing this common judgment.

2. M.A.C.M.A.No.1878 of 2014 is filed by the Oriental Insurance Company Limited which is the 2nd respondent in the aforementioned O.P challenging the award passed therein is fastening the liability against it along with the owner of Bolero vehicle bearing No.A.P.03 AN 0767 to pay compensation of Rs.4,98,362/-to the respondents 1 to 4 herein who are the legal heirs of the deceased Pavan Kumar who died due to the injuries received in the accident that took place on the intervening night of 2/3.04.2011.

3. The insurance company having felt that it is aggrieved by the award passed by the Court below granting compensation of Rs.4,82,862/-to the claimant, has preferred the appeal in M.A.C.M.A.No.1878 of 2014, raising a preliminary contention that the deceased along with three others drove the motor