IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision : 29.04.2025 OM PARKASH .... Appellant VERSUS AMARJEET (DECEASED) THR LRS AND ORS .... Respondents CORAM : HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE ALKA SARIN Present : Mr. Anil Kumar Gahlawat, Advocate for the appellant.

Mr. Hardeep Saini, Advocate for Mr. Ravinder Kumar Rana, Advocate for respondents No.1 & 2 Mr. Rajbir Singh, Advocate for respondent No.3.

ALKA SARIN, J. (ORAL)

1. The present appeal has been preferred by the driver of the vehicle being WagonR car bearing registration No.DL-9-CD-5648 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the offending vehicle’) aggrieved by the findings returned by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Jhajjar (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Tribunal’) vide award dated 28.01.2015 holding the driver (the appellant herein) and the owner (respondent No.4 herein) liable to pay the compensation and exonerating respondent No.3-Insurance Company herein.

2. Since the factum of the accident is not in dispute, the facts, as recorded in the impugned award passed by the Tribunal, are not being adverted to herein for the sake of brevity.

AMAN JAIN

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3. Learned counsel for the driver-appellant would contend that,