JUDGMENT :

M.A.C.A. No.616 of 2013 is filed by the 1^st respondent, Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (for short, ‘KSRTC’), in OP(MV) No.1955 of 2008 on the files of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Kottayam challenging the quantum of compensation awarded by the Tribunal. The respondents herein were the claimants and respondents 2 and 3 before the tribunal. M.A.C.A. No.1102 of 2023 is filed by the claimants in the afore OP(MV) seeking enhancement of compensation amount awarded by the Tribunal.

On 26.05.2008, while the deceased was travelling as a pillion rider in a motorcycle bearing No.KL 07/BF 6110 ridden by her husband along the Thalayolaparambu – Kottayam road, a KSRTC bus bearing No.KL 15/5619 driven by the 2^nd respondent in a rash and negligent manner hit on the rear side of the motorcycle and the deceased fell down and the left rear wheel of the bus ran over her body and she succumbed to the injuries