( 1 ) SARDAR Niranjan Singh was an Assistant Post Master. On February 11, 1963, when he was going on a bicycle on Lady Harding Road at the crossing of Baird Road he was hit by D. T. U. bus No. DLP-906. He became unconscious and died in Willingdon Hospital on February 14, 1963. He was survived by his widow, a son, two minor daughters and one married daughter. They preferred a claim for compensation of Rs. 55,000. 00 under section 110-A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 to the Accident Claims Tribunal.

( 2 ) IN support of the claim the petitioners examined two eye-witnesses. Arjan Singh (AW-2) was a Constable on duty on the crossing of the Baird Road. Another eye witness was Inderjit Gupta (AW-6 ). The third important witness was Shri Darshan Singh the Police Officer who investigated in the accident and prepared a site plan. The respondent-Corporation denied any liability for the accident. It contended that the deceased was wholly responsible for the accident. The respondents examined Shri Om Pal Singh (R. W-1), a passenger travelling in the said bus. They also examined the bus driver Shri Man-phool Singh and Mehar Singh the conductor. They also examined Sarup Singh (RW-4) the