P. VELMURUGAN, J.

These Civil Miscellaneous Appeals in C.M.A.(MD)Nos.46, 47 and 49 of 2013 have been filed by the appellant/first respondent, against the common judgment and decree dated 27.02.2012 in M.C.O.P.Nos.782, 781 and 981 of 2010 respectively, on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal / I Additional District Court, Tirunelveli.

2. Since the issue involved in these appeals is one and the same, they are heard together and disposed of by this common Judgment.

3. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to according to their litigative status before the Tribunal.

4. The case of the claimants in M.C.O.P.No.782 of 2010 before the Tribunal, as per the Claim petition is that, on 05.05.2010, the deceased along with his family members were returning from Virudhunagar towards Kadayam in the second respondent's Ambassador Car bearing Registration No.TN-76-B-9909. When the Ambassador Car was nearing Gangaikondan Petrol Bunk on Madurai - Tirunelveli National Highways at 1.15 p.m., the Tamilnadu State Transport Corporation bus belonging to the first responde