IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH

Reserved on: 04.12.2025

Date of decision: 18.12.2025

Uploaded on: 19.12.2025

AJIT KUMAR ......Appellant

Vs.

CHAMKAUR SINGH AND ORS. ......Respondents

CORAM: HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUDEEPTI SHARMA

Present: Mr. Kartik Gupta, Advocate

for the appellants.

Mr. R.C. Kapoor, Advocate

for respondent No.3-Insurance Company.

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SUDEEPTI SHARMA J.

1. The present appeal has been preferred against the award dated 05.09.2025 passed in the claim petition filed under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (in short ‘1988 Act’), by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Hoshiarpur (in short ‘the Tribunal’) for enhancement of compensation, granted to the appellant/claimant to the tune of Rs.17,77,155/- along with interest @ 6% per annum on account of injuries sustained by the appellant/claimant – Ajit

Kumar in a motor vehicular accident, occurred on 21.10.2021.

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.

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