the car to pay compensation determined as due to the claimants. The award of the Tribunal was challenged by the appellant in the appeal contending, among others, that there was a police case in connection with the accident and after due investigation, the police chargesheeted the driver of the car for having caused the accident by negligent driving and therefore the finding of the Tribunal that the accident occurred on account of the negligence of the driver of the lorry is unsustainable. This Court found that had the driver of the lorry which was coming through the main road been driving his vehicle at a reasonable speed or in the alternative, had he reduced the speed of the vehicle on reaching the junction, a collision with the car that was coming from the side road and entering into the main road through the junction could have been avoided. On the aforesaid finding, it was held that even if it is accepted for the sake of argument that the driver of the car was also negligent, his negligence alone would not have resulted in the accident and if that be so, the case on hand is a case of composite negligence and the liability of the joint tortfeasors in such cases being joint and several, no
