IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH BATERI DEVI AND ANOTHER ….Appellants Vs.

VIRENDER KUMAR AND OTHERS …..Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE HARKESH MANUJA Present: Mr. R.K. Saini, Advocate for the appellants.

Mr. Abhimanyu Kalsy, Advocate for respondent No. 3/Insurance Company.

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HARKESH MANUJA, J.

1. By way of present appeal, challenge has been laid to an award dated 04.01.2023 passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Karnal (for brevity, “the Tribunal”), whereby an amount of Rs. 16,09,428/- was awarded as compensation to the appellants/claimants along with interest @ 9% per annum from the date of institution of claim petition till its realization on account of death of Rahul in a motor vehicular accident, occurred on 25.05.2020.

FACTS

2. A claim petition came to be filed at the instance of appellants/claimants before the learned Tribunal, praying for grant of compensation to the tune of Rs. 1 crore, on account of death of Rahul in a motor vehicular accident which took place on

25.05.2020 while alleging rash and negligent driving of respondent No. 1/driver.

3. After going through the pleadings and evaluating the evidence led by both the parties, lea