JASMEET KAUR Vs. ANANT RAM

JUDGEMENT

(1.) SUKHDEV Singh Bhatia deceased while standing near a weigh bridge in Yamuna Nagar was run over and killed by a tractor trolley.

(2.) IT was the finding of the Tribunal that the accident here had been caused entirely due to the rash and negligent driving of the tractor driver. A sum of Rs. 57,600/- was awarded as compensation to the claimants, they being the widow and three minor children of the deceased.

(3.) THE evidence on record shows that Sukhdev Singh Bhatia deceased was only 40 years of age at the time of his death. He died leaving behind his widow Jasmeet Kaur, aged 33 and their three minor children ranging in age from 5 to 12 years. All the claimants were dependent upon the deceased.