JUDGMENT :

V.M. VELUMANI, J.

1. The matter is heard through “Video Conferencing/Hybrid mode.”

2. These Civil Miscellaneous Appeals have been filed to set aside the common award dated 28.08.2018 made in M.C.O.P. Nos. 103 and 84 of 2017 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Special District Court, Villupuram.

3. Both the appeals arise out of the same accident and common award and hence disposed of by this common order. The parties are referred to as per their respective ranks in the claim petition for the sake of convenience.

4. The appellant is the 3rd respondent in M.C.O.P. Nos. 103 and 84 of 2017 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Special District Court, Villupuram. The respondents 1 and 2 in C.M.A. No. 4222 of 2019 and the respondents 1 to 6 in C.M.A. No. 4227 of 2019 are the claimants in M.C.O.P. Nos. 103 and 84 of 2017 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Special District Court, Villupuram respectively. They filed the above said claim petitions claiming a sum of Rs. 45,00,000/- and Rs. 20,00,000/- respectively as compensation for the death of one Porkodi and one Lakshmi, who died in the accident that took place on 30.11.2016.

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