IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARAYNA

AT CHANDIGARH

Reserved on: 15.12.2025

Pronounced on: 24.12.2025

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ANITA DEVI AND ANOTHER …..Appellants

Vs.

LAL CHAND @ LALLI AND OTHERS …..Respondents

CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE HARKESH MANUJA

Present: Mr. Manglesh Kumar, Advocate for

Mr. Shakti Mehta, Advocate for the appellants.

Mr. Maninder Arora, Advocate with

Mr. Harmeet Singh, Advocate for respondent No. 3.

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HARKESH MANUJA, J.

1. By way of present appeal, challenge has been laid to an award dated 13.02.2019 passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Chandigarh (for brevity, “the Tribunal”), whereby an amount of Rs. 7,89,000/- was awarded as compensation to the appellants/claimants along with interest @ 7.5% per annum from the date of institution of claim petition till its realization on account of death

of Ashish Kumar in a motor vehicular accident, occurred on 25.03.2017.

2. As sole issue for determination in the present appeal is confined to quantum of compensation awarded by the learned Tribunal, as such, detailed

narration of the facts of the case is not reproduced for the sake of brevity.

ARGUMENTS

ON BEHALF OF LEARNED COUNSEL FOR THE APPELLANTS

3. The learned coun