( 1 ) AT 1. 30 p. m. on 21/07/1982 an automobile collision occurred within the Indian Petrochemicals Limited (IPCL for short) campus near Baroda. In the collision two vehicles were involved. One was a scooter bearing registration No. BHC 1206 of the ownership of Respondent No. 1 Singh Sata Singh and the same at the time of collision was driven by that Respondent No. 1. The other vehicle was an ambassador car bearing registration No. GTH 5198 which belonged to the appellant herein and was being driven by the driver of the appellant. In that ambassador car certain persons were travelling. As a result of the accident Respondent No. 1 suffered some injuries. He sustained a fracture of the left femur bone and he also sustained some other injuries. Some of the passengers travelling in that ambassador car also sustained some injuries. The car was also damaged; so also was the scooter damaged.

( 2 ) BEFORE the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal at Vadodara five compensation cases under Section 110 A of the Motor Vehicles Act 1939 (for short the Act) came to be filed. Three of those claim petitions were filed by the passengers travelling in the motor car who claimed compensation i