R.L. Anand, J. - By this judgment we dispose of L.P.A. No. 21 of 1987 titled Smt. Nirmala Puri v. Gurmel Singh and others, and the Cross Objections No. 13 of 1987 filed by Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (for short PRTC) as the L.P.A. and the cross objections have arisen from the Judgment dated 9.10.1986 passed by the learned Single Judge in F.A.O. No. 384 of 1983.

Brief facts of the case are that Smt. Nirmala Puri, Ashok Kumar Puri, Krishan Puri and Rajiv Puri filed a claim petition under Section 110-A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, against Gurmel Singh Driver and Pepsu Road Transport Corporation, Patiala through its General Manager, and claim compensation amounting to Rs. 1,50,000/- for the death of Shri Roshan Lal Puri, who died in a motor vehicle accident, which took place on 2nd April, 1981 at Patiala. It was alleged by the claimants before the Tribunal that on 2nd April, 1981 at about 10.45 A.M. the deceased Roshan Lal Puri was going on a bicycle and was going on the Mall Road, Patiala, from the side of District Courts towards the side of Fawara Chowk and when the deceased had just crossed the Mandir of Kali Devi and was proceeding on the correct side of the road,