M. F. SALDANHA, J.

( 1 ) THIS appeal which has been preferred by the then Bangalore Transport division of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation assails the validity of the order passed by the Motor Accidents Claims tribunal-IX, Bangalore City in M. V. C. No. 2873 of 1993, dated 27th june, 1996. A most gory incident had taken place at about 6 a. m. , on 18-9-1993 when the deceased A. Ramachandran who was a Senior Technician working with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited had travelled in bts bus bearing No. CAF 701. He had alighted at the bus-stop and had proceeded to walk a little distance when the bus started moving and he came to be run over by the rear wheel of the bus as a result of which, he died instantaneously. His widow, the three children out of whom two were minors and the mother were the five claimants before the Tribunal. They had claimed an aggregate compensation of Rs. 4,75,000. 00 under different heads and the basic controversy in this appeal centers around the fact that this case was referred to Lok Adalat and after certain negotiations, a figure of Rs. 2,35,000. 00 was supposedly agreed upon as a compromise figure. Having reached this stage of settlement, since

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