IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
SUDEEPTI SHARMA
Sakshi – Appellant
Versus
Bijender – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
SUDEEPTI SHARMA J.
1. As per the report of registry, notice issued to respondent No.3 not received back from Delhi.
2. On asking of the Court, Mr. Punit Jain, Advocate accepts notice on behalf of respondent No.3-Insurance Company. A copy of appeal alongwith documents has been supplied by learned counsel for the appellants to Mr. Punit Jain, Advocate in the Court.
3. The present appeal has been preferred against the award dated 20.04.2021 passed in the claim petition filed under Section 166 and 140 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (in short ‘1988 Act’), by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Panipat (for short, 'the Tribunal’) for enhancement of compensation granted to the claimants to the tune of Rs.18,84,000/- along with interest @ 7 % per annum, on account of death of Pardeep in a Motor Vehicular Accident, occurred on 25.06.2018.
4. As sole issue for determination in the present appeal is confined to quantum of compensation awarded by the learned Tribunal, a detailed narration of the facts of the case is not required to be reproduced here for the sake of brevity.
SUBMISSIONS OF LEARNED COUNSEL FOR THE PARTIES
5. The learned counsel for the claimants-appellants contend
In the absence of documentary evidence, the court may determine a deceased's income through reasonable guesswork guided by minimum wage notifications. Furthermore, compensation for conventional heads....
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