JUDGMENT :

C.T. RAVIKUMAR, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. This instant Appeal arises out of the final judgment and order dated 24.08.2017 in F.A.O. No. 5948 of 2013 passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh. The Appellants-claimants who are respectively the wife and children of the victim of a motor vehicle accident are dissatisfied with and aggrieved by the said judgment and order and they filed this Appeal seeking enhancement of the quantum of compensation.

3. The brief facts necessary for the disposal of this Appeal are as follows:

On 11.08.2009, the deceased-Sudesh Kumar was amongst the passengers in a bus bearing Registration No. JK-01Y-0432 of Jammu and Kashmir State Road Transport Corporation, driven by the deceased husband of the first Respondent, on its trip from Jammu to Srinagar. By about 13:20 hrs the bus fell into river Chenab and Shri Sudesh Kumar drowned in the river. The Appellants alleged that the accident had occurred due to the rash and negligent driving and the consequential loss of control of the bus. He was working as a Head Constable in the Railway P