IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on : 30.09.2025 Date of Pronouncement : 12.12.2025 Uploaded on : 13.12.2025 New India Assurance Company Limited ......Appellant Vs.

Mohit Gargi and another ......Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUDEEPTI SHARMA Present : Mr. Abhimanyu Kalsy, Advocate, for the appellant.

Mr. Amarpreet Singh, Advocate, for the respondents.

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SUDEEPTI SHARMA J.

1. The appellant-Insurance Company has preferred the present appeal against the award dated 28.02.2017 passed in the claim petition filed under Section 163-A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for short, ‘MV Act’) by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Bathinda (for short, ‘the Tribunal’), whereby the claim petition filed by the respondents/claimants was allowed and the appellant-Insurance company was held liable to pay the compensation to the respondents/claimants to the tune of Rs.5,00,000/-

along with interest @ 9% per annum.

BRIEF FACTS OF THE CASE

2. The brief facts of the case, as pleaded in the claim petition, are that on 25.11.2015, the deceased, along with his parents i.e. the respondents/claimants and his brother, was travelling from Sri Ganganagar to Bathinda in Car