1. The petitioners in O. P. (MV) No. 689 of 1982 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal. Trivandrum, are the appellants in this appeal. They are the legal heirs of one Johnson, who died on 29-5-1982 in an accident. Deceased Johnson was standing by the side of Poovar- Vizhinjam road at about 9.30 PM. A passenger bus KLX 2794 came from north in a rash and negligent manner through the wrong side. On seeing the vehicle, one Simon who was standing near the deceased pushed him on the road forcibly and Johnson was run over by the bus and consequently he died instantaneously. The petitioners averred in the petition that the deceased was the proprietor of a plantain leaf shop, earning a monthly income of Rs. 1000/-, that he used to spend Rs. 700/- per mensem to his family, that he was only 34 years old at the time of bis death, that but for the accident he would have lived at least upto 70 years and that the death of the deceased caused very serious pain, mental agony and suffering to the petitioners who were depending on the deceased for their livelihood. The 1st petitioner lost her right of marital consortium and happy life; the petitioners 2 to S also lost the pare