R. SUBBIAH, J.

1. All these Civil Miscellaneous Appeals arise out of the Judgment and Decree dated 20.03.2013 passed in MCOP No. 336 of 2007 on the file of Chief Small Causes Judge/ Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Chennai. By the said decree and Judgment dated 20.03.2013, the Tribunal awarded a sum of Rs. 17,10,000/- as compensation payable to the claimants 1 and 2 with proportionate costs and interest at the rate of 7.5% per annum payable by the respondents 1 and 3 in the Claim Petition.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties to these appeals shall be referred to as per their litigative status as claimants and respondents in MCOP No. 336 of 2007 and as arrayed in CMA No. 3130 of 2013 filed by the claimants.

3. The claimants are the parents of the deceased Karthikeyan, According to the claimants, on 09.03.2006 at about 16.50 hours, the deceased was returning from his college to his house in his two wheeler bearing Registration No. TN-02-B-7652 along with his friend Jegan, who was travelling as a pillion rider. When the two wheeler driven by the deceased was approac