IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on : 27.08.2025 Date of Pronouncement: 05.09.2025 Lalita and others ......Appellants Vs.

Ajay Pratap Singh and others ......Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUDEEPTI SHARMA Present: Mrs. Pratibha Yadav, Advocate for the appellants.

Mr. Satpal Dhamija, Advocate, for respondent No.3-Insurance Company.

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SUDEEPTI SHARMA J. (ORAL)

1. The present appeal has been preferred against the award dated 20.07.2015 passed in the claim petition filed under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Gurgaon (for short, ‘the Tribunal’) for enhancement of compensation, granted to the claimants/appellants to the tune of Rs.10,25,856/- along with interest at the rate of 7.5% per annum, on account of death of Vijay Pal in a Motor Vehicular Accident, occurred on 24.04.2014.

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 reproduced and is skipped herein for the sake of brevity.

VIRENDRA SINGH ADHIKARI SUBMISSIONS OF THE LEARNED COUNSELS FOR THE PARTIES

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