Himachal Pradesh Court June 1979 Judgments

H.P. Road Transport Corporation Vs. Pt. Jai Ram and Etc. Etc.

Court: Himachal Pradesh

Reported in: AIR1980HP16

T.U. Mehta, C.J.1. All these eight appeals arise out of the compensation award given by Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Kangra Division to various claimants. All of them contain some common points of law. These claims have arisen out of the same motor accident and, therefore, some of the important facts relating to all these cases are also the same. In view of this, we propose to dispose of the common points arising in these appeals by a common judgment. After disposing of these common points, we shall take up the individual appeals and shall dispose of individual cases on merits 2. Facts of the case are that on 9th October, 1970, a passenger bus, which at the relevant time belonged to the Government transport, and which was having No. HIM 4174, was travelling from Tisa. It was bound for Chamba. When this bus arrived at a place known as Majra Ghar at 3 p.m. on that day, it met with this unfortunate accident in which 44 persons died and 11 were injured. The claims with which we are con...