I.A. Ansari, J.

1. Both these appeals have arisen out of the award, dated 22.6.2005, passed, in MAC Case No. 194/2003 and MAC Case No. 195/2003, by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Dimapur, Nagaland, whereby diverse sums of money have been granted, in favour of the claimant-respondents, as compensation.

2. As both these appeals have arisen out of the common award aforementioned and as, on the request made by the learned Counsel for the parties, both these appeals have been heard together, we dispose of these appeals by this common judgment and order.

3. The material facts and various stages leading to the present appeals, may, in brief, be set out as follows:

(i) Two claim applications under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (in short, 'the M.V. Act, 1988'), were made by the persons, who had claimed themselves to be the legal representatives and dependents of two constables, namely, Constable No. 61919, late Saingam Kuki and Constable No. 62441, late Tangsai Khiamungan. The claim application, which gave rise to MAC Case No. 194/03, having been made by a person who described himself as the father of deceased, Saingam Kuki and the other claim application, which gave