J U D G M E N T Dated this the 5^th day of December, 2024 The appellants in M.A.C.A.2078/2015 are the petitioners in O.P(M.V)No.1301/2011 on the files of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Kollam. The appellant in M.A.C.A. No.905/2015 is the 3^rd respondent therein. (For the purpose of convenience, the parties are hereafter referred to as per their rank before the Tribunal)

2. Petitioners are the wife, mother and minor children of deceased Biju R Nair, who died in a motor vehicle accident, that occurred on 19.06.2010. According to the petitioners, on the date of accident, the deceased was driving a Hyundai Santro car along the Kollam-Thiruvananthapuram National Highway from south to north direction and when he reached near Parippally Village OfÏce, a lorry bearing Reg.No. TN/75-B-1391 driven by the 2^nd respondent which came from the opposite direction dashed against his car, as a result of which he sustained serious injuries and succumbed to the in