SUDEEPTI SHARMA J. (ORAL)

1. The present appeal has been preferred by the appellant- Insurance company against the Award dated 18.01.2006 passed in the claim petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act , 1988 by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Rohtak (for short, 'the Tribunal'), wherein the appellant-Insurance company was fastened with the liability to pay the compensation to the claimant to the tune of Rs.14,40,000 along with interest @

9% per annum.

2. 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 and is skipped herein for the sake of brevity.

SUBMISSIONS OF THE LEARNED COUNSELS FOR THE PARTIES

3. Learned counsel for the appellant/Insurance company contends that the learned Tribunal has wrongly taken the salary of deceased while calculating compensation. Therefore, he prays that the present appeal be allowed and award dated 18.01.2006 be set aside.

4. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the whole record of this case.

5. The relevant portion of the award is reproduced as under:-

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