IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision-19.01.2026 Balbir Kaur and Another …Appellants Versus Balbir Singh alias Dalbir Singh and Others … Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIRINDER AGGARWAL Present: Mr. Sandeep Kotla, Advocate for appellants Mr. Ved Parkash, Senior DAG, Haryana Mr. Mohit Punia, Advocate Mr. Jainainder Saini, Advocate for respondent No.1.

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VIRINDER AGGARWAL, J.(ORAL)

1. This appeal is directed against the award dated 17.12.1999 passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Hisar, whereby the claim petition filed by the appellants-parents of the deceased Sukhvinder Singh under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 was partly allowed and compensation of ₹60,000/- along with interest at the rate of 12% per annum was awarded on account of his death in a motor vehicular accident dated 04.11.1998 BACKGROUND FACTS

2. The brief facts of the case are that on 04.01.1998 at about 1:15 PM, the deceased Sukhvinder Singh was travelling on a Hero Honda motorcycle along with Harjinder Singh from Fatehabad to Hisar. When they reached near the Government School, village Badopal, a Haryana Roadways bus bearing registration No. (HR-39