IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA FAO (MV) No . : 355 of 201 7 Reserved on : 06 ^th May, 2026 Decided on : 18 ^th May , 2026 ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited ...Appellant Versus Sharda Devi & Others ...Respondents Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Virender Singh, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ Yes For the appellant : Mr. Jagdish Thakur, Advocate.

For the respondeonts : Mr. Karan Singh Kanwar, Advocate, for respondents No.1 C and 2. Virende r Singh, Judge Appellant-ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited, through its Manager, has preferred the Hpresent appeal, under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act (hereinafter referred to as ‘the M.V. Act’), against the award dated 01.06.2016, passed by learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Kinnaur at Rampur Bushehr, District Shimla, H.P. (hereinafter referred to as ‘the MACT’), in M.A.C. Petition No.0000015 of 2014, titled as ‘Sharda Devi & Another versus Praveen Chhikara & Others’.

1Whether the reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes.

2. By way of award dated 01.06.2016, the learned MACT has allowed the claim petition, filed by respondent No.1 and 2, by awarding a sum of Rs.11,45