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2025 Supreme(Online)(P&H) 7158

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
Virinder Aggarwal, J
Gurbachan Kaur and Others – Appellant
Versus
State of Haryana and Others – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. Vivek Suri, Mr. Kritika Sharma
For the Respondents: Mr. Manish Dadwal, DAG, Haryana

Table of Content
1. affirmation of negligence and liability in multi-claim accident proceedings. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4)
2. contentions on inadequate compensation assessment and evidence appreciation. (Para 5 , 6)
3. reassessment framework using precedents for dependency and conventional damages. (Para 7 , 8)
4. enhanced computation for minor deaths with notional skilled income. (Para 9 , 10 , 11)
5. injury compensation separating pecuniary and non-pecuniary losses with disability impact. (Para 12 , 13 , 14 , 15)
6. partial allowance with interest and affirmed non-quantum findings. (Para 16 , 17 , 18 , 19)
VIRINDER AGGARWAL,J.

1. The present bunch of FAOs has been preferred under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 , laying challenge to common award dated 21.01.2000 passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Patiala, whereby compensation has been granted in consequence of the same motor vehicular accident. Since common questions of fact and law arise for consideration and the accident is same, all these appeals are being decided together by this common order.

BACKGROUND FACTS

2. The facts emerging from the record indicate that all the present appeals arise out of a singu

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