Judgment

KULDIP SINGH, J.

(1) SPECIAL leave granted.

(2) PADMAKAR More was going on a bicycle on 9/09/1978 when he was knocked down by a bus owned by the respondent-corporation. He succumbed to the injuries on the spot. Narayan, father of Padmakar, Prerna his widow and Shweta a minor daughter moved a petition before the First Additional MoTOR Accidents Claim tribunal, Indore claiming Rs. 1,50,000.00 as compensation. The tribunal by its award dated 27/04/1982 allowed the claim petition and ordered payment of Rs. 26,000.00 with interest at 6 per cent from the date of the application. The tribunal further directed the said amount to be apportioned as Rs. 12,000.00, Rs. 10,000.00 and Rs. 4,000.00 amongst the widow, minor daughter and the father respectively. The tribunal further directed that the share of the minor daughter be deposited in the State Bank of India, Indore in reinvestment scheme, which shall be payable to her on attaining majority. The tribunal based its findings on the following reasoning:

"IN view of foregoing discussion my finding is that the accident took place due to negligent driving of the moTOR bus by the N.A. No. 2 and as a result