R.D. Shukla, J.

1. This judgment shall dispose of aforesaid Misc. Appeal Nos. 179, 181, 185, 194 and 199 of 1988. All these appeals are directed against the judgment and award dated 14.7.1988 of M.A.C.T., Mandsaur, passed in Claim Case Nos. 63, 64, 65 and 66 of 1987, whereby while awarding compensation of Rs. 15,000/- for the death of Sapna, aged 5 years; Rs. 25,000/- for the death of Reshambai w/o Kanhaiya Lal and Rs. 50,000/- for the death of Kanhaiya Lal, with interest at the rate of 12 per cent per annum from the date of application till realisation with a direction that the same shall be paid by respondent Nos. 1 and 2, i.e., M.P.S.R.T.C. and its driver Amol Das. The claim of M.P.S.R.T.C. vide Claim No. 66 of 1987 has been dismissed.

2. The brief history of the case is that on 20.10.1983, Kanhaiya Lal (deceased) who was an employee of the Narcotics Department was going in jeep No. MPU 1338 along with his wife and three minor daughters and one minor son and other persons, he was carrying dead body of his father in the jeep up to Ratlam.

There was a collision between jeep No. MPU 1338 and motor bus No. MBE 2560 on the highway near the village Daloda. Kanhaiya Lal, his wife