(1.) THOUGH these appeals are listed for Admission, they are taken up for final hearing with the consent of the learned counsel for the appellant -insurance company and the learned counsel for the respondents/claimants.
(2.) ALL these appeals by the appellant -Oriental Insurance Company Limited, under Section 173(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act are preferred against a common judgment and award dated 15.11.2006 passed in M.V.C. No.722/1999, M.V.C. No.528/1998, M.V.C. No.529/1998 and M.V.C. No.723/1999 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal -I at Bellary questioning the liability fastened on the insurance company to satisfy the award.
(3.) THE brief facts, which gave rise to these appeals, are as under: