( 1 ) THESE two appeals arise out of the judgment of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Delhi, (hereinafter referred to as the Tribunal ). The appellants in F. A. O. No. 157 of 1968 are the petitioners before the Tribunal and the appellants in F. A. O. No. 136 of 1968 are the respondents before the Tribunal. They will be hereinafter referred to as the petitioners and respondents respectively.

( 2 ) THE petitioners filed an application before the Tribunal under section 110 A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (hereinafter referred to as the Act ) claiming an amount of Rs. 25,000. 00 by way of compensation for the death of their father, Trikha Ram, who is said to have been killed in a motor accident on March 5, 1965. According to the petitioners, the deceased Trikha Ram was going on a cycle on the Magazine Road at about 8. 45 P. M. on 5. 3. 1965. When he approached a culvert on the road, a truck, bearing registration No. DLG 9035, driven by the first respondent, came from the opposite direction at a fast speed and knocked down the deceased and ran over him. The deceased sustained injuries as a result of this accident and succumbed to these injuries a little later. Th