An inquest in Milton Keynes on Tuesday confirmed the identities of those who died in the crash between two lorries and a minibus near Newport Pagnell.
The six men and two women were heading from Nottingham to London when their minibus, that was sandwiched between two trucks, heading towards London.
The inquest has been adjourned pending the outcome of criminal proceedings.
Milton Keynes senior coroner Tom Osborne released the victims' bodies to their families during the hearing at the city's Crownhill Crematorium, in Buckinghamshire. The bodies will be repatriated to India this week, as confirmed by World Tamil Organisation's Chairman Jacob Ravibalan. Wipro UK has been organising for the reptariation and necessary visas for family members. Condolences were expressed to the families by the coroner.
Four of the victims are Panneerselvam Annamalai, 63, Subramaniyan Arachelvan, 58, and two women Lavanyalakshmi Seetharaman, 33, and Tamilmani Arachelvan, 50
Those who also died were minibus driver Cyriac Joseph 52, and IT workers Rishi Rajeev Kumar, 27, Vivek Baskaran, 26, and Karthikeyan Pugalur Ramasubramanian, 33.
Four other people in the minibus - including a five-year-old girl has been left orphaned by the tragedy - are in hospital.
They were on their way to a coach tour from Wembley's Star Tours to Europe when the crash happened on the southbound carriageway at 3:15am BST.
The coroner was told a lorry stopped in lane one of the motorway next to the junction 14 slip road.
The minibus slowed and stopped, and was then hit from behind by another lorry.
Two lorry drivers - Ryszard Masierak, 31, of Evesham, Worcestershire, and David Wagstaff, 53, of Stoke-on-Trent - have both been charged with causing death and serious injury by dangerous driving. Mr Masierak also faces charges relating to drink-driving.
