R. S. Mongia, J.

1. This judgment of ours will dispose of L P. A. No.677, 673, o74, 675, 676, and 879 of 1986.

2. Briefly, the facts of the case are that on 8th September, 1982, at about 4 P M on the G T. Road near village Knara Kheri, an accident took place between a jeep (PUG 8240) driven by one Ram Chander and a bus belonging to the Rajasthan Slate Road Transport Corporation (hereinaffer called the Corporation), bearing Registration No RRB 7291, driven by one Nand Rara There were seven occupants in the jeep, out of whom four died and three received injuries. The legal-representatives of the deceased and the injured filed separate claim petitions under the Motor Vehicles Act before the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal. It may be highlighted here that in none of the claim petitions, the driver of the owner of she jeep involved in the accident was made party Only the Corporation, which owned the bus, was made a party. One of the injured, namely, Chander Pal claimed only Rs.10,000/- as compensation; while in each of the other claim petitions, Rs, 40,000/- were claimed as compensation. The entire blame of the accident was sought to be placed on the driver of the jeep by the Cor