1. These four appeals arise out of one - accident and the claim petitions filed with regard to this accident have been decided by the learned Tribunal by its single award dated 12.6.1984. Therefore, these four appeals arise out of the one and same award, are decided by one common judgment.

2. On 9.4.1979 at about 1.30 a.m. in the midnight deceased Karan Singh along with his friends Satpal Singh and Pushpendra was proceeding from M.I. Road to Sardar Patel Marg on a motor cycle. A truck was proceeding from the side of Government Hostel. Om Prakash was driving the said truck bearing No. HIJ 2296. It is stated that the driver of the truck was driving the same at very fast speed, carelessly and negligently. which resulted in serious accident with the motor cycle driven by Karan Singh. As a result of this accident, Satpal who was sitting on the pillion of the motor cycle died on the spot and Karan Singh was seriously injured and was admitted in S.M.S. Hospital, where he died on 27.4.1979. It is stated that even after the accident the truck could not he stopped and the motor cycle was also dragged by the truck, for considerable distance and it stopped only when it struck an electr