P. D. DESAI, R. J. SHAH, J.

( 1 ) THESE two cross appeals are directed against the same award made in a motor accident claim case and they can be conveniently disposed of by this common judgment.

( 2 ) ). The accident giving rise to the claim occurred on 7/07/1977 at about 10 A. M. near village Tajpur on the Ahmedabad Khedbrahma road. Two vehicles were involved in the accident. One of the vehicles was a passenger bus bearing registration No. GTH. 5496 owned by the Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (second respondent in First Appeal No. 1587 of 1979 ). The other vehicle was a motor truck bearing registration No. GTK. 2068 owned by one Ranchodbhai Visabhai Patel (third respondent in First Appeal No. 1587 of 1979 ). The deceased aged about 30 at the time of the accident was an employee of the Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation and he was at the material time on actual duty as a conductor on the passenger bus. It appears that the passenger bus was required to be taken in the reverse direction at the site of the accident and that the deceased had alighted from the bus in order to assist the driver while reversing the vehicle. While the vehicle was in the reverse motion the d

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