JUDGMENT :

MADAN GOPAL VYAS, J.

1. The aforesaid Civil Misc. Appeals preferred by the Insurance company (SBCMA Nos. 245/2005, 244/2005, 271/2005, 285/2005 and 366/2005), claimants (SBCMA No. 243/2005) and SB Civil Cross Objection Misc. Application No. 21/2005 filed in SBCMA No. 245/2005 by the claimant-Mohan Singh have been heard and are being decided by this common judgment as they have been preferred against the common judgment and award dated 16.6.2004 passed by the learned Judge, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Bikaner (hereinafter referred to as the learned tribunal for short) in Claim Case No. 193/2000 (Sajjan Kanwar and Others vs. Gopal Ram and Others), Claim Case No. 257/2000 (Laxman Singh vs. Gopal Ram and Others), Claim Case No. 258/2000 (Panney Singh vs. Gopal Ram and Others), Claim Case No. 75/2001 (Mohan Singh vs. Gopal Ram and Others) and Claim Case No. 76/2001 (Jagmal Singh vs. Gopal Ram and Others).

2. The facts in brief are that on 21.4.2000 when the claimants Laxman Singh, Panney Singh, Mohan Singh and Jagmal Singh were travelling in jeep bearing No. RJ-19-C-3415