1. The above captioned two appeals relate to a vehicular accident which took place on 1st July, 2014 in which a DTC driver – Mahesh and a student - Mofid Khan were injured. Vide common impugned Award of 24th December, 2016, compensation has been granted to the respondents-Injured by the Tribunal. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, the above captioned two appeals have been heard together and are being decided together by this common judgment.

2. In the above captioned first appeal, the challenge is to impugned Award vide which compensation of Rs.23,21,100/- with interest @8% p.a. has been granted to respondent/Injured - Mahesh, aged 38 years on account of grievous injuries sustained by him in this vehicular accident. In the above captioned second appeal, the impugned Award which grants compensation of Rs.4,49,100/- with interest @ 8% p.a. to respondent/Injured- Mofid Khan, aged 12 years on account of the injuries suffered by him in this vehicular accident is under challenge.

3. The factual background giving rise to these appeals, as noticed in the impug