Amarjeet Chaudhary, J.

1. Baldev Kaur widow, Bhajanjit Kaur minor daughter, Harkirat Singh minor son and Ind Kaur mother of Onkar Singh deceased filed Claim petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 for the grant of compensation to the tune of Rupees twenty lacs on account of death of Onkar Singh son of Shri Harnek Singh, in Motor Vehicular accident.

2. The case of appellant as pleaded in their claim petition is that on 22-10-1989, Bharat Harvestor Combine belonging to respondents No. 2 to 5 was engaged for harvesting paddy crop in the fields of Jugraj son of Shri Ujjal Singh. The same got stuck in the field and in order to pull it out, five tractors were engaged. One of those tractors was of Harnek Singh on which Onkar Singh deceased was sitting. The other tractors belonged to Kaur Singh, Jugraj Singh, Jana Singh, Harminder Singh and Harwinder Singh. The driver of combine was Nazar Singh, respondent No. 1. While the tractor were pulling out Combine, the driver of the same rashly and negligently drove it and struck against an electric wire, as a result of which electric current passed in the Harvestor Combine and thereafter in all the tractors. As a result