JUDGMENT :

This is a claimant's appeal under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for short, 'the Act') arising out of a judgment and award passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal/ the 10th Additional District Judge, Allahabad dated 02.09.2000 in MACP No.584 of 1996, rejecting the claim petition.

2. A claim petition was instituted by the claimant-appellant, Smt. Bindu Singh (for short, 'the claimant') before the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal/ the District Judge, Allahabad on 04.09.1996 with the case that on 15.06.1996, the claimant along with her family members was travelling on board Jeep, bearing registration No. UP-70F-1028 from Allahabad (now Prayagraj) towards Rewa. At about 9 o'clock in the evening when the Jeep was moving on the Allahabad-Rewa Road and had reached a place called Village Barethi, within the local limits of Police Station Kaundhiara, District Allahabad, the Jeep driver, driving the vehicle at a high speed and negligently, hit a stationary truck on the rear side. The truck was proceeding to Rewa and was parked on the road at a place, which was dark. The tail lamps of the truck were not alight nor was it displaying any other signal about its stationa