T.N.SINGH, R.C.LAHOTI
Nisar Fatima – Appellant
Versus
M. P. State Road Transport Corporation – Respondent
R. C. Laboti. J.-
l. Human life is invaluable but the Tribunal has held, it has no value. A claim petition has been dismissed by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal holding that a sole bread earner of a family of four grown-ups has not been proved to he earning anything. In appeal, this much is only under challenge.
2. It has been found proved by the Tribunal that on 4-8-75 late Sadaqat Hussain, aged 40 years, was travelling in a bus owned by respondent No. 1 and driven by respondent No.2. It met with an accident, occasioned by grossly negligent act of the driver resulting into instantaneous death of Sadaqat Hussain. The Tribunal also held that the deceased would have lived for another 20 years, had he not died an untimely death because the life expectancy could reasonably be fixed at 60. These findings are in favour of the claimants who are related to the deceased respectively as widow - mother, brother who has just come up of age and sister unmarried but of a marriageable age. The claimants/appellants do not obviously dispute these findings and the learned counsel appearing for the contesting respondents does not also dispute the correctness thereof and, in our opinion, right
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