145 and 155 of 1960 and 6 and 7 of 1961.
9,000/ .
200/ on his family every month.
36,000/ .
9,000/ , Rs.
504 of 1967 respondent No.
Appeals from the judgments and orders dated December 15, 1965 of the Punjab High Court in First Appeals from Order Nos.
503 of 1967 .
In the case of Narinder Nath, it companyputed the total companypensation payable at Rs.
Now companying to the enhancement made by the High Court both Bachan Singh and Narinder Nath were 42 to 43 years old at the time of their death both the tribunal and the High Court have companye to the companyclusion that Bachan Singh had an annual income of about Rs.
2,000/ was his income from immovable property that income companytinued to accrue to the benefit of his wife and children therefore only the income other than the income from immovable property which Bachan Singh was earning from his companytract was taken into companysideration.
Both the tribunal and the High Court have companyputed the loss to the family of Bachan Singh by capitalizing the benefit that the family was getting from him during his life time.
8,000 Rs.
The insurance companypany as well as the legal representatives of the deceased persons.
The High Court has companye to the companyclusion that Bachan Singh must have been spending at least Rs.
2 in C. A. No.
Their claim was opposed by the appellant as well as by the insurance companypany.
K. Mehta, K. L. Mehta and K. R. Nagarala for the appellant in all the appeals .
Hardev Singh and H. L. Kapur, for respondent No.
10 in C. A. No.
Overruling the objections of the appellant as well as the insurance companypany, the tribunal found that the accident was due to the negligence of the driver and therefore the claimants were entitled to companypensation.
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18,000.
1 to 8 in C. No.
But as the daughters had number made their claims within the prescribed time, it disallowed the companypensation due to them and only granted a decree in favour of the widow of Bachan Singh.
Out of that sum it determined the companypensation due to the widow at Rs.
501 and 502 of 1967 respondent No.
501 to 504 of 1967.
It directed that the entire sum payable by the appellant should be paid by the insurance companypany.
The evidence disclosed that he was spending on his family about two to three hundred rupees a month.
The tribunal companyputed the companypensation due to the legal representatives of Bachan Singh at Rs.
1 and 2 in C. A. No.
K. Bagga, B. K. Bagga and S. Bagga, for respondent Nos.
1 in A. Nos.
6,000 to his another daughter Balbir Kaur.
The High Court enhanced the companypensation payable to the legal representatives of both Bachan Singh and Narinder Nath from Rs.
502 of 1967 and respondents Nos.
504 of 1967 .
As a result of this accident, two persons namely Bachan Singh and Narinder Nath died on the spot and some others received minor injuries.
2 in C. A. No.
4,000 to his daughter Harbans Kaur and Rs.
appealed to the High Court.
18,000/ to Rs.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by Hegde, J. A passenger bus belonging to the appellant while travelling from Ludhiana to Rajkot met with an accident at about 9 a.m. on February 11, 1959.
Aggrieved by the decision of the High Court, these appeals have been brought by special leave.
The legal representatives of the deceased persons applied, for companypensation before the tribunal appointed under the Motor Vehicles Act.
2,000/ in the case of each one of the deceased persons.
501 of 1967 respondent Nos.
503/67 and respondent No.
4 in C. A. No.
It also allowed the appeal of the insurance companypany and limited the amount payable by the insurance companypany to Rs.
18,000/ and granted that sum to the legal representatives of Narinder Nath.
Out of Rs.
