JUDGMENT

R.L. Anand, J. - Pepsu Road Transport Corporation, Patiala (hereinafter called the Corporation) has filed the present appeal against Smt. Joginder Kaur widow of Mohinder Singh, Amritpal Singh and Inderjit Singh, both minor sons of Mohinder Singh and Sarabjit Kaur, minor daughter of Mohinder Singh and Smt. Harbans Kaur, mother of Mohinder Singh deceased by adding Jaspal Singh, driver of the bus, and it has been directed against the award dated 2.5.1991 passed by Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Sangrur, Camp at Barnala, vide which the Tribunal awarded a sum of Rs. 1,60,000/- by way of just compensation to Joginder Kaur, Amritpal Singh, Inderjit Singh and Sarabjit Kaur along with interest at the rate of 12% per annum from the date of the filing of claim petition i.e. 1.8.1988. It may be mentioned here that during the pendency of this appeal Smt. Joginder Kaur has expired. Her LRs. are already on the record and thus there was no necessity to implead the LRs of Smt. Joginder Kaur.

2. The claim petition before the Tribunal was filed by Smt. Joginder Kaur, Amritpal Singh, Inderjit Singh, Sarbjit Kaur and Harbans Kaur against the Corporation and Jaspal Singh, driver of the offendin