These appeals have been filed under Section 173 of the Motor
Vehicles Act, 1988 (the Act) by the claim petitioners in O.P.(MV)
Nos.793 & 794 of 2017 on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims
Tribunal, Ottapalam, (the Tribunal), aggrieved by the common Award
dated 17/01/2020. The respondents in both the appeals are respondents
1 to 3 respectively in the petitions. In these appeals, the parties and the
documents will be referred to as described in the original petitions.
2. In both the claim petitions, the claim petitioners are
the parents and siblings of the deceased persons. According to the
claim petitioners, on 08/08/2017, at about 09:15 a.m. while the
deceased in O.P.(MV) No.794/2017 was riding motorcycle bearing
registration no.KL-71/C-8910 with the deceased in O.P(MV)
No.793/2017, his friend, as pillion rider from Kodiyankunnu to MES
Kalladi College, Mannarkkad and when they reached in front of Venga
M.A.C.A.Nos.292 of 2020 & 295 of 2020
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health centre bus bearing registration no.KL-50/C-4362 driven by the
first respondent in a rash and negligent manner knocked them down,
as a result of which they sustained grievous injuries to which they
succumbed. A sum of ₹20,00,000/- was claimed by the claim
petitioners in O.P.(MV) No.793/2017 and a sum of ₹7,00,000/- by the
claim petitioners in O.P(MV) No.794/2017 as compensation under
various heads.
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