( 1 ) THESE three connected appeals arise from the judgment of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Fatehpur, dated 21-2-1979, deciding Claim Petition No. 1 of 1977. The Tribunal partly awarded the claim of Lalta Prasad Srivastava against Rohtas Chandra Gupta, Rama Shanker Sharma, and M/s. Oriental Fire and General Insurance Company Limited, New Delhi. Against the aforesaid award, the three parties felt aggrieved and have filed three appeals in this Court. The details of these three appeals are being given below Z 1. FAFO No. 407 of 1979, Oriental Fire F General Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Lalta Prasad Srivastava; 2. FAFO No. 581 of 1979, Lalta Prasad Srivastava v. Rohtas Chandra Gupta; 3. FAFO No. 728 of 1982, Rohtas Gupta v. Lalta Prasad Srivastava.

( 2 ) LALTA Prasad Srivastava was the Principal of Chandra Bhan Intermediate College, Damapur, Fatehpur. He was receiving a monthly salary of Rs. 1300/- in Feb. 1977, when the accident occurred. He was 39 years of age at that time and had seven dependants.

( 3 ) ACCORDING to Lalta Prasad Srivastava, when he was going on a cycle and was on his left near Police Chauki Hariharganj, Truck No. U. S. F. 7229 belonging to Rohtas