M. F. SALDANHA, J.

( 1 ) THESE two appeals, the first one preferred by the owner of the scooter in question and the second one preferred by the insurance company are directed against an award of the Tribunal dated 20. 4. 1987 in M. V. C. No. 695 of 1981. Around midnight on 11. 1. 1981, the deceased G. S. Venkatesh was travelling as a pillion rider on a scooter No. MEJ 6042 belonging to George oakes Co. who is the appellant in the first of the two appeals. It is alleged that a truck which was being driven at high speed collided with the scooter and after dragging it for a distance of about 58 ft. sped away without stopping. A police constable who was close by heard the noise of the impact and rushed to the spot where he found the badly damaged vehicle and the rider as also the pillion rider lying unconscious. Venkatesh who was the pillion rider of the scooter died some time later. The present claim has been preferred by the late father of Venkatesh who contended that he was their only son and only means of sustenance to the parents in their old age, that he had recently taken up a reasonably good job in Bangalore and that consequently, the claimants before the Tribunal were entitle

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