IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Reserve: November 12, 2025 Date of Pronouncement:-19.01.2026 Date of Uploading:-20.01.2026 Future General India Insurance Co. Ltd. ......Appellant(s)

vs.

Urmila and others ......Respondent(s)

Whether only the operative part of the judgment is pronounced? NO Whether full judgment is pronounced? YES CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUDEEPTI SHARMA Present: Mr. Punit Jain, Advocate, for the appellant.

Mr. Gaurav Gaur, Advocate for respondent Nos. 8 and 9.

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SUDEEPTI SHARMA J .

1. The present appeal has been preferred by the appellant-Insurance Company against the award dated 26.09.2019 filed under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Fatehgarh Sahib (for short, 'the Tribunal’) whereby the claimant was granted compensation to the tune of Rs.17,40,000/- and the Insurance Company was held liable to pay the compensation.

FACTS NOT IN DISPUTE

2. Brief facts of the case are that on 3.1.2019, Vinod alongwith Bajrangi, was going on foot on correct left hand side of the road, in the area of P.S.Mandi Gobindgarh. At about 5.30 p.m., when they reached near Bansal Kanda on Ludhiana-Sirhind road,