JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Appeals filed under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 against the Order and Decreetal Order dated 05.04.2019 passed in MCOP No. 320 of 2012 on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (I Additional District and Sessions Judge), Vellore)

1. Both these appeals arise out of the common Order dated 05.04.2019 passed in MCOP No. 320 of 2012 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Vellore (I Additional District and Sessions Court), Vellore.

2. The learned counsel for both sides have advanced common arguments in both these appeals, therefore, these appeals are taken up for hearing together and disposed of by this Common Judgment.

3. For the sake of convenience, the parties to these appeals are referred to as per their litigative status in MCOP No. 320 of 2012 as claimants and respondents.

4. The claimants have filed MCOP No. 320 of 2012 before the Tribunal claiming that on 02.09.2012 at about 20.30 hours in Thiruvalam to Ponnai Road, near Ramakrishnapuram Village, Opposite to Thangam Nagar, the deceased was riding his two wheeler - Hero Honda bearing