DAYA CHAUDHARY
Harjinder Kaur – Appellant
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Gagandeep Singh – Respondent
Daya Chaudhary, J.
The present revision petition has been filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India for setting aside the impugned order dated 12.10.2016 (Annexure P-3) passed by the Additional District Judge, Tarn Taran, whereby, the application filed by the petitioners for modification of award dated 13.10.2014 has been dismissed.
2. Briefly, the facts of the case, as made out in the petition, are that husband of petitioner No.1, namely, Mangal Singh and father of petitioners No.2 to 4 died in a road accident on 09.09.2011, when he was coming back to his house, the offending vehicle i.e. truck bearing No.RJ-14-GB-8927, which was being driven by respondent No.1, struck with motorcycle from its back. An FIR No.195 dated 10.09.2011 was registered against respondent No.1 under Sections 304-A, 279, 427 and 338 IPC. Petitioner no.1, being widow and minor children of deceased Mangal Singh, filed a claim petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act against the owner, driver and insurer of the offending vehicle before the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (here-in-after referred to as the 'MACT'), Tarn Taran. Vide award dated 13.10.2014, a compensation amounting t
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