( 1 ) RAMLAL son of Narain Singh, aged 40 years resident of J. J. Colony, Tigri, Khanpur, New Delhi met with a fatal accident on the afternoon of 21st October, 1979 near Khanpur-Delhi Road Turn at Mehrauli Badarpur Road, New Delhi. Smt. Prabhati, widow respondent No. 1, Smt. Chandri Devi, mother-respondent No. 3; Shankar Lal, son and Smt. Bhori Devi, daughter from his first wife, respondents 2 and 4, Mona Devi. Manohar Devi, Ghota Devi, Prem Nath and Dina Nath, minor children-respondents 5 to 9 filed an Application under Section 110-A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 claiming compensation Rs. 1,80,000 on account of fatal injury sustained by Ram Lal. The respondents in their claim petition have alleged that Ram Lal The respondents in their claim petition have alleged that Ram Lal met with fatal accident on 21st October, 1979 at about 3 P. M. ; the driver of the Bus No. 2322 hit the deceased who was standing with his friend Bangru Lal at the road berm (kaccha); the deceased was hit by the bus, he was thrown ahead and thereafter was run over by the bus; the driver ran away from the site; the deceased was taken to All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi but h