( 1 ) THE appellant Insurance Company has filed this appeal aggrieved by the Award dated 23-7-81, passed by the Additional Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Indore in Claim Case No. 136 of 1979.

( 2 ) THE facts leading to this appeal, in short, are that the respondents Nos. 1 and 2 had filed a claim petition under S. 110-A of the Motor Vehicles Act for awarding compensation amounting to Rs. 30,000/ -. The case of the respondents Nos. 1 and 2, in brief, before the lower Tribunal was that on 30-3-1979, tanker No. MPG 7685 of the ownership of respondent No. 3 and respondent No. 4 being its driver was parked on the road in front of the workshop of respondents Nos. 5 and 6 and some welding work was being carried on the aforesaid tanker. At that time the deceased with one Ramlal was going towards Naulakha at about 3 p. m. When they were near the tanker the diesel tank exploded and on account of which the deceased received serious burn injuries. The deceased was treated at the M. Y. Hospital, Indore, but he succumbed to the injuries on 4-4-1979. The claimants claimed Rs. 30,000/- on the averments that the deceased was 54 years of age at the time of his death and was gettin