This appeal is against the award of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal Tirunelveli, in MCTOP No. 50 of 1989 granting compensation, of Rs. 45,000/- to the claimants, who are the respondents 1 to 3 herein, for the death of one Devi, (who is the widow of the first respondent herein and mother of the respondents 2 and 3 herein) in the motor accident that took place on 30.10.1988 at about 4 am. By the said award the said compensation is made payable by the appellants herein on the one hand and the fourth respondent Thiruvalluvar Transport Corporation Limited on the other hand, in the ratio of 50:50 Admittedly the bus TML 9935 of the fourth respondent herein, while it was going on the road, in its trip from Coimbatore to Nagercoil, hit the stationary lorry TNL 9198 which was parked on the road, and, as a result of the said accident, the abovesaid Devi, who was travelling in the bus, got injured and died in the hospital subsequently. The abovesaid lorry belongs to the first appellant herein and the insurer thereof is the second appellant. They were respectively respondents 2 and 3 in the Tribunal below while the fourth respondent herein was the first respondent in the Tribunal