JUDGMENT :

(N. Anand Venkatesh, J.)

[PRAYER: Civil Miscellaneous Appeal filed under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act 1988 against the award made in MCOP No.121/2012, 127/2012 165/2012 and 184/2012 dated 15.09.2014 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal Principal District Court, Thoothukudi.]

1. All the above appeals have been filed by the claimants against the common award passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT), Principal District Court, Tuticorin, made in MCOP Nos.121/2012, 127/2012, 165/2012 and 184/2012 dated 15.09.2014 dismissing all the petitions and rejecting the claim made for compensation by the appellants.

2. One Rajaiah was travelling in a Maruti Alto Car along with his wife and two children in Madurai – Rajapalayam Main Road on 20.05.2011 at about 5.00 a.m. and he was travelling from North to south towards Rajapalayam. The lorry belonging to the first respondent was driven by one Mani and he was driving the vehicle towards Madurai from South to North. The case of the claimants is that the lorry was driven in a rash and negligent manner and there was a head on collision resulting in the entire family losing their lives.

3. The claimants in MCOP No.