( 1 ) THIS Letters Patent Appeal has been preferred against the order of the learned Single Judge dated 30/04/1990 in FAO No. 99/90. Briefly stated the facts of the case are as follows: on 27/03/1984 at about 9. 15 a. m. Shri Vivek Gupta, who was riding a two wheeler was hit by a matador driven by the fourth respondent and belonging to the second and third respondents. Shri Vivek Gupta sustained serious head injuries. He succumbed to his injuries in the hospital on the sixth day of the accident. The deceased Shri Vivek Gupta at the time of the incident was only 24 years old. He was a bachelor and was the only son of his parents. He was survived by his father aged 58 years, mother 50 years old and four younger sisters. Shri Vivek Gupta was b. E. (Mechanical) and was working as a Trainee Engineer with M/s. Batliboi and Co. He was drawing a stipend of Rs. 1,300. 00 per month. On completion of the training, he would have received about Rs. 2,300. 00 per month from the company.

( 2 ) THE appellants herein, father and mother of the deceased, filed a claim petition before the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal claiming compensation of Rs. 10 lakhs from the New India Assurance C