1. - These miscellaneous appeals have been filed under Section 110-D of the Motor Vehicles Act (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act') against the common order of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Banswara dated January 4, 1989 granting R.s. 15,000/- in each case under Section 92-A of the Act. The facts of the cases may be summarised thus.

2. Respondent-claimants filed petitions under Section 110-B of the Act against Man-singh driver (respondent No. 3), Poonam Chand owner (respondent No. 4) and the Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. (appellant) with the allegations, in short, that the bus No. RSH 1685, owned by Poonam Chand, was being driven by Mansingh driver on April 10, 1988 in Khargoti valley. It was insured with the appellant company. It met with an accident at 3 p.m. on that day. It was being driven rashly and negligently by its driver Mansingh. Shankar, Panchu, Daludi, Mavji, Ramesh, Jeevli and Prabhu were sitting in it and they died. In each case, application under Section 92-A of the Act was moved. After hearing the parties, the learned Tribunal awarded र 15,000/- in each case by its common order dated January 4, 1989 which has been challenged in these miscellaneous app