IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on : 30.01.2026 Date of Pronouncement : 31.01.2026 Date of Uploading : 04.02.2026 National Insurance Company Limited ......Appellant Vs.

Daya Chand and others ......Respondents 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. R.C.Kapoor, Advocate, for the appellant.

Mr. Mohan Singh Rana, Advocate, for respondents No.1 to 3.

Ms. Shweta Bawa, Advocate, and Mr. Naveen, Advocate, for respondent No.4.

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S UDEEPTI SHARMA J .

1. The present appeal has been preferred against the award dated 07.07.2017 passed in the claim petition filed under Sections 166/140 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Palwal (for short, ‘the Tribunal’), whereby the appellant-Insurance company was held liable to pay the compensation to the claimants/respondents No.1 and 2 to the tune of Rs.8,20,000/- along with interest @ 7.5% per annum on account of death of Inderjeet.

BRIEF FACTS OF THE CASE

2. Brief facts of the case are that on 01.01.2014, Jasbir (since deceased), along with Inderjeet (since decease