IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 29.01.2026 Balbir Singh and another ...Appellant(s)

Vs.

Varinder Singh and others ...Respondent(s)

CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE NIDHI GUPTA Present:- Mr. B.D.Sharma, Advocate for the appellants.

Mr. Rishav Jain, Advocate for respondent No.1.

Mr. Aman Sharma, Advocate for the respondent No.2 and 3-PRTC.

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NIDHI GUPTA, J.

Present appeal has been filed by the claimants seeking enhancement of compensation of Rs.5,74,000/- awarded by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Jalandhar (hereinafter “the learned Tribunal”) vide Award dated 05.08.2019 passed in MACP Case No. 164 dated 16.07.2018 filed under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”). The 3 claimants before the learned Tribunal are 65-year-old husband; 47-year-old son; and 46-year-old married daughter of the deceased Balwinder Kaur, who was 64 years old at the time of accident.

2. Brief facts of the case are that the learned Tribunal on the basis of pleadings and evidence adduced before it concluded that the deceased-Balwinder Kaur had died due to the injuries suffered by her in a motor vehicular accident that took place on