JUDGMENT :

(Common Prayer: These Civil Miscellaneous Appeals are filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, against the common award dated 20.06.2018, made in M.C.O.P. Nos.1599, 1598 of 2017 and 149 of 2015, on the file of the Special Sub Court, (Motor Accident Claims Tribunal), Tiruvannamalai.)

The matter is heard through “Video Conferencing”.

1. These appeals have been filed against the against the common award dated 20.06.2018, made in M.C.O.P. Nos.1599, 1598 of 2017 and 149 of 2015, on the file of the Special Sub Court, (Motor Accident Claims Tribunal), Tiruvannamalai.

2. All the appeals arise out of the same accident and common award. Hence, they are disposed of by this common judgment.

3. The appellant in all the appeals is the 2nd respondent-Insurance Company in M.C.O.P. Nos.1599, 1598 of 2017 and 149 of 2015, on the file of the Special Sub Court, (Motor Accident Claims Tribunal), Tiruvannamalai. The respondents 1 to 4 in C.M.A.No.3347 of 2019 and the respondents 1 to 3 in C.M.A.No.3353 of 2019 filed M.C.O.P.Nos.1599 and 1598 of 2017 respectively, claiming a sum of Rs.20,00,000/- each as compensation for the death of one Manjula and Lakshmi who died in the accident that