V.S. SIRPURKAR, J.

1. This judgment shall dispose of LPA Nos. 122 and 123 of 1999. Initially, the matter arose out of a claim made before the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Madras by the legal representatives of one Thangaraj who met with an accident on 2.2.1991 and was killed. Thangaraj left behind him his wife and two minor children., they being one T. Kannammal, T. Mani and T. Kumudha. In that accident, one J. Srinivasan, a boy of 19 years was also injured. Two separate applications came to be filed for compensation before the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, they being, OP Nos. 709 and 710 of 1991. Both the petitions were decreed by the Tribunal. The Tribunal awarded Rs. 2,70,000/-as compensation with 15% interest from the date of the petition till the date of deposit in O.P. No. 709 of 1991, the petition filed by the legal representatives of Thangaraj and awarded a sum of Rs. 60,000/-with 15% interest in O.P. No. 710 of 1991 which was filed by Srinivasan who was injured. Both sides appealed against this common award. So also cross-objections were filed by the parties.

2. Learned single Judge before whom the matter was finalised, however, reduced the award of compensa