S. Sujatha, J.

Since these appeals arise out of common Judgment, involving the same accident, the same are clubbed, heard together and disposed of by this common Judgment.

2. Briefly stated the facts are:

That the claim petitions were instituted by the injured/legal representatives of the deceased contending that the injured and the deceased met with the road traffic accident on 26.12.2007 while moving in an auto-rickshaw bearing No. KA-05-6593 as driver/occupant alleging actionable negligence of the driver of a KSRTC bus bearing No. KA-41-F-018 which was under the control of the Corporation. The Tribunal, after analysing the evidence on record, awarded compensation, fastening the liability on the Corporation. Being aggrieved, the claimants are in appeal as the compensation quantified being inadequate whereas the Corporation is challenging the impugned Judgment and Award on the aspect of negligence as well as quantum, particularly, the maintainability of the claim petition in MVC No. 2241/2008.

3. The learned Counsel appearing for the claimants would contend that the Tribunal grossly erred in awarding a meager sum of compensation ignoring the material evidence on record. It w