( 1 ) APPEAL against an award made by the "tribunal constituted under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 whereby a sum of Rs. 9000. 00 was awarded to Mrs. Rabia Begum as compensation for the death other son who was killed as a result of an accident on account of rash and negligent driving of a motor truck driven by one Ram Sahai who was impleaded as respondent No. 1 before the Tribunal and Messrs Vanguard Insurance Company Limited with whom, the truck was insured, was admitted to regular hearing on 2-3-19 64 by a Division Bench of the High Court of Punjab at Delhi.

( 2 ) MRS. Rabia Begum died on 7-1-1968. Her legal representatives were however not brought on record within the time prescribed by law. On 15-7-1968 an application was filed by Mr. G. R. Chopra who had previously entered appearance on behalf of the respondent Mrs. Rabia Begum that the sole respondent having died and her legal representatives not having been brought on record the appeal had abated and should therefore be dismissed with costs. This application was numbered as C. M. 852-J2 of 1968. As the application purported to have been filed by a counsel whose authority had apparently come to an end with the d