(1.) In the above 12 appeals common questions of law and facts are involved, hence, all these appeals can be conveniently disposed of by a composite order. S.B. Civil Misc. Appeal No. 414 of 1996 shall be treated as leading case.
(2.) The present bunch of cases arise out of a single accident that occurred on 28.12.1993 by overturning of the insured tractor-trolley bearing registration No. RJ-19-R-2453, which fell into an adjacent pit with the result some of the persons died and some of them were injured.
(3.) It is alleged that those who died and who suffered bodily injuries in the accident, were gratuitous passengers in the trolley and all of them were on a joy ride for darshan to the temple of Parshu Ram Mahadev and while returning from the darshan the ill-fated accident occurred.