SENGOTTUVELAN, J. :- One Abdul Jabbar, the husband of the first respondent and the father of respondents 2 to 7, lost his life in a fatal road accident about 12 O'clock midnight on 2-10-'75, on the Hosur-Krishnagiri Road while he was travelling in the lorry MYD 3425 belonging to the first appellant and insured with the second appellant. The case of the respondents 1 to 7, who are petitioners before the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, in M.A.C.T.O.P. No.20 of 1977 under S.110-A of the Motor Vehicles Act is as follows -

The deceased Abdul Jabbar was a sheep merchant and was aged about 50 years at the time of his death. The deceased was travelling in the lorry MYD 3425 from Bangalore. The lorry was driven by the 8th respondent, herein, and when the lorry was proceeding near Kurubarabelli at about 12 O'clock in the midnight on 2-10-1975 due to the rash and negligent driving at high speed, the lorry capsized and Abdul Jabbar who sat in the cabin met with instantaneous death. The accident took place on account of the rash and negligent driving of the 8th respondent herein. The respondents 1 to 7 claimed compensation of Rs. 30,000 before the Tribunal. The driver of the lorry rema