ROAD TRANSPORT COMPANY Vs. BHAN SINGH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted.

(2.) All these appeals arise out of the judgment of the Patna High Court in Civil Review Applications Nos. 4 to 10 of 1997 filed by the appellant. The appellant wanted the High Court to review its judgment passed in the appeals filed by it against the common judgment and separate awards given by the Additional Claims Tribunal, Hazaribagh (hereinafter referred to as the Tribunal) in the Motor Accident Claims cases filed by the claimants-respondents.

(3.) On 12-10-73, a passenger bus of the appellant met with an accident because of rash and negligent driving by its driver. 35 passengers travelling in that bus died. In all nine claim cases were filed before the Tribunal. Two cases were dismissed and in the remaining seven cases the Tribunal awarded different sums of money by way of compensation and ordered that in each case out of the total amount payable to the claimants Rs. 5,000/- shall be paid by the insurance company and the rest shall be paid by the appellant.