M. P. CHINNAPPA, J.

( 1 ) THESE appeals are preferred by the insurance companies being aggrieved by the judgment and award dated 5-3-1990 passed in m. v. c. No. 71 of 1987 and the judgment and award dated 24-11-1988 passed in m. v. c. No. 165 of 1987 by the motor accidents claims tribunal, allowing partly the claim petitions for compensation of the petitioners.

( 2 ) THE facts leading to these appeals are that on 31-8-86 at about 10. 30 p. m. one k. n. thipperudraiah and m. r. sathyamurthy who are the employees of Karnataka soap and detergent limited which comes under the employees state insurance corporation were travelling in a van bearing No. Car 3865 belonging to the said employer. When the van reached near the government junior college (ammani college) at chowdaiah road, bus bearing No. Caa 918 belonging to Karnataka government tourist development corporation collided with the van in which these petitioners were travelling, as a result of which these persons sustained multiple grievous injuries including compound fractures. Therefore, they lodged claim petitions under Section 110-a of the Motor Vehicles Act claiming compensation against the Karnataka soap and detergent limited,

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