the Tribunal clubbed all the claim petitions and decided the same by a common Award5. 3 Indian Penal Code 4 MAC Case No.176 of 2014 5 Dated 15.01.2019 Page 2 of 144. A perusal of the said Award passed by the Tribunal shows that registered owner of the offending bus did not appear despite service, hence, was proceeded against ex parte. The Insurance Company6 contested the claim petitions. The Tribunal framed the following issues: “(i) Whether the claim applications are maintainable? (ii) Whether due to rash and/or negligent driving of the driver of the offending vehicle bearing registration No.OD-14-A-1774 the accident took place and in that accident deceased namely Ranjan Rout succumbed to injuries and other petitioners namely Dipti Ranjan Pattanayak, Santosh Baral, and Chandramani Nanda sustained injuries on their persons? (iii) Whether the petitioners are entitled to get the compensation and if so, what would be the extent? (iv) Whether both the Opposite Parties or either of them