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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
SUDEEPTI SHARMA
Sbi General Insurance Company Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Anju Bala – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
SUDEEPTI SHARMA, J .
1. The present appeal has been filed by the appellant-Insurance company against the award dated 26.05.2025 passed in a claim petition filed under Section 166 of the MOTOR VEHICLES ACT , 1988 by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Bathinda (for short, 'the Tribunal'), wherein the appellant- Insurance company was fastened with the liability to pay the compensation to the claimants along with interest @ 7.5% per annum from the date of filing of claim petition till recovery.
BRIEF FACTS OF THE CASE
2. Brief facts of the case are that on 03.06.2024, Ashish Goyal alongwith Ankit Goyal (respondent No.3), Lovish Bansal and Nitin Goyal were coming from Chandigarh to Bathinda in Car bearing registration No. PB-03BM-9964 (hereinafter referred as `the offending vehicle’). At that time, car was being driven by Ankit Goyal(respondent No.3) rashly and negligently. Then at about 6.00 a.m, when they reached near Gurdev Dhaba, Tapa, respondent No.3 was driving the car rashly and negligently and the car turned turtle out of control and fell in the ditches of the fields and struck with the tree. The car was on very high speed and Ankit Goyal (respondent No.3) was driving
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