C.T. Ravikumar, J.

1. The captioned appeals arise respectively from the judgment and award dated 18.2.2013 in O.P. (MV) Nos. 105 of 2010 and 108 of 2010, a common award, passed by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Ernakulam. Both the claim petitions are filed by two minors through their next friend, Sri. Anil Kumar, who is their father claiming compensation for the injuries sustained by them in a motor vehicle accident occurred on 14.11.2009 at about 12.30 p.m. On that day, the petitioner in O.P. (MV) No. 108/2010, who was then hardly 16 years, was riding a Hero Honda motor cycle bearing Reg. No. KL-07/W-5204 with the petitioner in O.P. (MV) No. 105 of 2010 on its pillion. She is his younger sister then aged 13 years. When they entered into Ernakulam-Muvattupuzha Road at Manathadam from a pocket road, a car bearing Reg. No. KL-07 AM 5089, driven by the first respondent, came from east and dashed against their motor cycle. Both of them sustained injuries and they were taken to Medical Trust Hospital, Ernakulam. They underwent treatment there as inpatients for some days. It is in the said circumstances that the above mentioned claim petitions were filed under section 166