IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 29.01.2026 Surjit Kaur 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.

The present appeal has been filed by the claimants seeking enhancement of compensation of Rs.2,55,000/- awarded by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Jalandhar (hereinafter referred to as “the learned Tribunal”) vide Award dated 05.08.2019 passed in MACP Case No. 163 dated 16.07.2018 filed under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”). The 2 claimants before the learned Tribunal are 39-year-old mother, and 47-year-old father of the deceased Jorawar Singh, who was 4 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-Jorawar Singh had died due to the injuries suffered by him in a motor vehicular accident that took place on 30.05.2018 due