( 1 ) THE facts giving rise to the present Appeals are as under:- the claimant Pravinbhai, aged 21 years at the relevant time, was working as an employee (daily wager) for a sum of Rs. 14. 00 per day at Magdalla Port under the concerned Executive Engineer. His case is that on 12. 1. 82 at about 6. 0 P. M. while he was being taken in a truck of the Port (registered in the name of the Executive Engineer of the said Port) he sustained fractures of tibia and fibula of both the legs. It has been stated that the driver Fatehsingbhai was driving the truck in a high speed. On account of sudden application of the brake, the plate of the diesel pump, which was loaded in the truck moved and dashed against his both the legs resulting into the fractures, as aforesaid. It is the case of the claimant Pravinbhai that the truck was being driven in a rash and negligent manner. On account of the injuries, as aforesaid, he was taken to the Civil Hospital, Surat where he remained as an indoor patient. He has stated that he was earning Rs. 450. 00 P. M. and as a result of this accident, he sustained permanent disability and was no more in a position to do the work which he did prior to th