( 1 ) THIS appeal is directed against the judgment and award passed by Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Kutch at Bhuch, in Motor Accident claim Petition No. 14 of 1975, by invoking the aids of the provisions of sec. 110-D of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 ("act" for short hereinafter ). A short, but interesting question which has arisen in this appeal is, as to whether legal representatives of the deceased claimant, who had sustained injuries in a vehicular accident and who had died a death unconnected with the injuries which arose out of the road accident, are entitled to continue the action for compensation " With a view to appreciate the aforesaid question raised in this appeal, a resume of material facts may be stated at the out set.

( 2 ) ONE deceased Abdul Karim Musa, who is hereinafter referred to as the "original claimant" for the sake of convenience and brevity, claimed Rs. 9,999/ - by way of compensation for the personal injuries sustained by him in an accident on account of collision between a S. T. bus and a Motor Tanker. The accident in question occurred, on 21-1-1975, at about 10. 00 a. m. when the claimant was travelling in a GSRTC Bus No. 4660 which was proce