H.S. MADAAN, J.

1. Smt.Munni Devi – widow, Raj Kumar – son, Aman – minor son and Pinki – minor daughter of Sh.Surinder Kumar, who lost his life in a motor vehicular accident, had brought a claim petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 against respondents i.e. Sanjeev Gogna – driver and owner and The Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. – insurer of Swift Dzire VDI car bearing registration No.PB-10ER-3940 (hereinafter referred to as the offending car) claiming compensation. In that claim petition, the claimants had arrayed Savitri Devi, mother of deceased as respondent No.3.

2. As per the case of the petitioners/claimants, Surinder Kumar deceased aged about 42 years was working as a Finishing Incharge with M/s Eveline International, Dhandari Kalan, Ludhiana getting Rs.30,762.50 Ps. as salary per month; on 17.6.2016 after the working hours were over, Surinder Kumar left his factory for returning home located at Ashok Nagar-C, Ludhiana on motorcycle bearing registration No.PB10CV-6932 (hereinafter referred to as the ill-fated motorcycle); he was being followed by his nephew Pawan Kumar and brother-in-law Vinay Kumar on separate motorcycle bearing No. PB-10EW-5117; at about