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1989 Supreme(P&H) 687

G.R.MAJITHIA
Mangal Dass (Deceased By L. Rs. ) – Appellant
Versus
S. S. Sandhu – Respondent


Judgment

1. This appeal is directed against the order of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, whereby he dismissed the claim application.

2. The Facts :-

Mangal Dass deceased filed an application under Section 110-A of the Motor Vehicles Act (for short the Act) against the respondents. He alleged that he received injuries due to rash and negligent driving of the vehicle by respondent No. 1. During the pendency of the application, the claimant died on February 10, 1987 presumably as a result of the injuries suffered in the accident. The widow and the children of the deceased moved an application for substituting them as applicant-claimants in place of the deceased. The application was contested and the Tribunal dismissed the application for substitution filed by the legal heirs of the deceased and also the claim application.

3. It is not clear on what grounds the Tribunal declined the application filed by the legal heirs of the deceased for substituting them as claimants in the claim application. It is also not clear on what basis he held that the right to sue does not survive. A person suing for compensation in respect of the injuries sustained by him under Section 110-A (1) of the A



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