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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
BAJAN KAUR AND ORS. – Appellant
Versus
TEJA SINGH AND ORS. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
SUDEEPTI SHARMA, J.
1. The present appeal has been preferred against the award dated 18.10.2008 passed in the claim petition filed under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Sonipat (for short, ‘the Tribunal’) for enhancement of compensation, granted to the appellants/claimants to the tune of Rs.2,69,200/- along with interest at the rate of 7.5% per annum, on account of death of Gurvinder Singh in a Motor Vehicular Accident, occurred on 18.06.2007.
2. As sole issue for determination in the present appeal is confined to quantum of compensation awarded by the learned Tribunal, the detailed narration of the facts of the case is not reproduced and is skipped herein for the sake of brevity.
SUBMISSIONS OF THE LEARNED COUNSELS FOR THE PARTIES
3. The learned counsel for the appellants/claimants contends that the compensation assessed by the learned Tribunal is on the lower side and deserves to be enhanced. Therefore, he prays that that the present appeal deserves to be allowed, as per latest law.
4. Per contra, learned counsel for respondent No.3-Insurance Company, however, vehemently argues that the award has rightly been passed
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