JUDGMENT :

Mansoor Ahmad Mir, Chief Justice (Oral)

These appeals are outcome of a motor vehicular accident, which was caused by the driver, namely Shri Khushi Ram Sharma, while driving bus, bearing registration No. HP-22-5785, on 25th November, 2005, near Village Amb (Pathiar) in District Kangra, rashly and negligently. Thus, I deem it proper to dispose of all these appeals by this common judgment.

2. FAO No. 173 of 2007 is directed against the award, dated 17th February, 2007, made by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Hamirpur (for short "the Tribunal") in MAC No. 09 of 2006, titled as Salima Devi & others versus Anju Thakur & others, whereby compensation to the tune of Rs. 5,76,000/- with interest @ 9% per annum from the date of the petition till its realization came to be awarded in favour of the claimants and the appellant-insurer came to be saddled with liability (for short "the impugned award-I"), on the grounds taken in the memo of appeal.

3. By the medium of FAO No. 174 of 2007, the appellant-insurer has questioned the award, dated 17th February, 2007, made by the Tribunal in MAC No. 11 of 2006, titled as Urmila Devi & others versus Anju Thakur & others, whereby compensation