Judgment

- On June 23, 1961, a bus owned by the appellant which was going from Gwalior to Indore met with an accident as a result of which two of the passengers Mrs. Usha Kotasthane aged about 23 years, and her one year old son, died and several others received serious injuries. Among the injured was one Sailesh Kumar a boy of about four years. Claims for compenations were filed before the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal at Gwalior. The application for compensation for the death of Ms. Usha Kotasthena and her child was made by her husband "Shri Sudhakar Kotasthane, and the claim in respect of the injury to minor Sailesh Kumar was made on his behalf by his guardian mother Shrimati Indubala Bhandari, Sudhakar Kotasthane and Indubala Bhandari were also travelling in the same bus and both sustained injuries and were awarded compensation by the tribunal, but these appeals do not concern their cases or the claim in respect of Kotastharnes dead child. The two appeals before us at the instance of the Madhya Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation, on certificate granted by the Madhya Pradesh High Court, are against the common judgment of the High Court enhancing the quantum of damages award