RAM SUNDER Vs. VASDEV AND ORS.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD Sri S.C. Kashish, learned Counsel for the appellant, Sri S.P. Maurya, and Sri S.C. Srivastava, Advocate holding brief of Sri Waqar Hashim on behalf of respondent Nos. 1 and 5.

(2.) BY means of the present appeal, judgment and award dated 10.09.1998 passed by Special/Additional District Judge/MACT, Pratapgarh in MACT No. 57 of 1991 Vasdeo v. Ram Bahadur and Ors. is under challenge.

(3.) IN view of the abovesaid facts, a claim petition was filed by the claimant Sri Vasdeo, husband of the deceased Smt. Rajpati under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicle Act for a compensation of Rs. 1,73,000/ -, registered as MACP No. 57 of 1991. In the said claim petition Ram Sundar and Sri Ram were impleaded as respondent Nos. 1 and 2 who are the owner and driver of bus No. USZ 593 respectively. Sri Genda Lal and Sri Lal Bahadur sons of Sri Suraj Prasad were impleaded as respondent Nos. 3 and 6, the owners of bus No. DLP 6422 and one Sri Jang Bahadur impleaded as respondent No. 4 and the New India Insurance Company through its Senior Divisional Manager was impleaded as insurer by whom the bus in question was allegedly said to be insured.