1. The present first appeals, under S.173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, are preferred by the appellants - original claimants, being aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned common judgment and award dated 4.10.2022 passed by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (Main) Bhavnagar, in Motor Accident Claim Petition Nos. 317 of 2018 and 318 of 2018, by which, in both the captioned petitions, the Tribunal has awarded compensation of Rs.10,20,200 with 9 per cent per annum interest to the claimants, holding the opponent Nos. 1 to 3 liable, jointly and severally, and petition against opponent Nos. 4 and 5 is dismissed.

2. Brief facts of the case are as under.

2.1 The brief facts of the case are that on 11.8.2018 the claimants of the respective claim petitions had boarded the Swift car bearing registration No. GJ - 4 - CR - 4186 driven by the deceased of MACP No. 318/2018 and they were going to Ahmedabad, and, at this time, the deceased of the MACP No. 318 of 2018 was drivi