AMOL RATTAN SINGH, J.

1. The appellants are the driver and owner respectively, of car bearing registration no. HR-51-C-6212, which was involved in an accident.

This appeal arises out of that accident, in connection with which MACT Case No. 67 of 09.08.2007 was filed before the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Rupnagar, by respondents no. 4 and 5 herein, on account of the unfortunate death of their son Beant Singh, in the said accident.

Though this appeal was listed alongwith FAO No. 563 of 2010, with that appeal taken to be the first appeal, however, in view of the fact that a copy of the Award impugned in that appeal, passed by the same Tribunal on the same date (18.09.2009) in MACT Case No. 9 of 2007, was not annexed with the appeal, as detailed in the order passed in that appeal, this appeal is now being decided separately, the Award impugned herein being an Award passed only respect of MACT Case No. 67 of 2007, decided by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Rupnagar, on 18.09.2009.

2. As per the claimants, at about 6.30 a.m. on 24.09.2006, the first respondent before the Tribunal, i.e. Chandanpreet Singh (since deceased) was driving a motor-cycle bearing registrati