( 1 ) THE Madhya Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "mpsrtc"), has filed this appeal under Section 110-D of the Motor Vehicles act (Act 4 of 1939), against an award of the Claims Tribunal, Rewa, dated 30th june 1966, awarding a sum of Rs. 20,000/- as compensation to one Jahiram, for bodily injuries resulting from a road accident.

( 2 ) THE facts giving rise to this appeal, so far as necessary, may be briefly stated. On 21st November 1962, a bus MPJ 2434 owned by the MPSRTC, while on its way from Rewa to Satna, met with an accident when it collided with a truck on a culvert of a river, near Mouja Rampur. As a result of the accident, the MPSRTC bus, together with all its passengers, fell beneath the culvert. The claimant, who was a passenger in the ill-fated bus, sustained serious injuries on his person and became unconscious as a result of the injuries sustained by him. He was brought back to Rewa and admitted in Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Rewa. An X-ray revealed fractures of the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 9th ribs on the left side of his chest. . The claimant received treatment at the hospital for his injuries until 14th december 1962 w