Judgment

HEGDE, J.: - A passenger bus belonging to the appellant while travelling from Ludhiana to Raikot met with an accident at about 9 a. m. on February 11, 1959. As a result of this accident, two persons namely Bachan Singh and Narinder Nath died on the spot and some others received minor injuries. The legal representatives of the deceased persons applied for compensation before the tribunal appointed under the Motor Vehicles Act. Their claim was opposed by the appellant as well as by the insurance company. Overruling the objections of the appellant as well as the insurance company, the tribunal found that the accident was due to the negilgence of the driver and therefore the claimants were entitled to compensation. The tribunal computed the compensation due to the legal representatives of Bachan Singh at Rs. 18,000/-. Out of that sum it determined the compensation due to the widow at Rs. 8,000/-; Rs. 4,000/- to his daughter Harbans Kaur and Rs. 6,000/- to his another daughter Balbir Kaur. But as the daughters had not made their claims within the prescribed time, it disallowed the compensation due to them and only granted a decree in favour of the widow of Bachan Singh. In the c