These Civil Miscellaneous Appeals arise out of the common award passed in M.C.O.P. Nos. 46 of 2019 and 47 of 2019 on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Uthamapalayam, challenging the impugned judgment dated 15.10.2024.

2.Fact of the case:

2.1. The brief facts leading to the filing of the appeal are as follows: On 14.11.2018 at about 12:30 p.m., the deceased, Jayaprakash, was riding a two- wheeler bearing Registration No. TN-60-W-5251 along with his wife, Prem Anandhi, on the Chinnamanur–Uthamapalayam Main Road, proceeding from north to south. Another two-wheeler, ridden by Jayakumar (brother of the deceased) along with his wife, was following them. While both vehicles were proceeding near the land of Ramalingam Pillai Trust at Chinnamanur, a bus belonging to the appellant Transport Corporation bearing Registration No. TN-58-N-1972, driven in a rash and negligent manner, came in the opposite direction and dashed against the two-wheeler ridden by the deceased. In the impact, both Jayaprakash and Prem Anandhi sustained grievous injuries and succumbed to the same. A criminal case in Crime No. 529 of