1. Dr. Maharaj Krishan filed application No. 13 of 1961 under section 110-A of the Motor Vehicles Act before the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (hereinafter referred to as the Tribunal) for awarding Rs. 10,000/-bv way of compensation on account of the injuries which he received as a result of an accident caused by the driver of the vehicle, respondent No. 3, while driving the bus owned by the Punjab Roadways and the Punjab State respondents No. 2 and 1 respectively at 7 45 A.M. on 2nd September 1960 on the road from Kalka to Kasauli. The applicant was travelling in this bus. He alleged that the driver was driving the bus at a high speed which he could not control while negotiating a turn with the result that it struck against a small temple building on the right side of the road. This not only jolted him but his head and other parts of the body struck violently against the body of the bus causing him serious injuries. Mrs. Sushila Devi Chopra who was also travelling with her husband Dr. Maharaj Krishan received injuries in the like circumstances and filed application No. 15 of 1961 against the same respondents on 19th January 1961 before the Tribunal for awarding her Rs. 10