S.N.Pathak, J.

1. These three miscellaneous appeals were heard analogous and this judgment governs the three appeals.

2. In a nutshell, the relevant facts are that three Claim Case Nos. 23/8, 22/7 and 21/6 of the 1978/1993 were filed by the descendants of deceased one Satyanand Kumar who died in accident while traveling in bus No. BRC 22 which met with an accident on 11.3.1978 near Kalyanpur Block. The aforesaid bus was carrying passengers from Patna to Darbhanga. It fell into a ditch near Kalyanpur Block and allegedly Satyanand Kumar died and his son and daughter-in-law also received injuries. Three separate claim petitions were filed by descendents of the deceased and the injured persons themselves filed cases. Upon evidence led by all the claimants in all the three claim cases the Tribunal dismissed the claims of the appellants on the ground, inter alia, that it was not proved that Satyanand Kumar died in the accident caused by the aforementioned bus and that his son and daughter-in-law of the deceased received injuries on account of the alleged accident.

3. It was submitted before me by the appellants lawyer that in spite of the fact that owner of the vehicle had admitt