IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH SAKSHI AND ORS ......Appellants Vs.

BIJENDER AND ORS ......Respondents Reserved on: 30.01.2026 Date of decision: 31.01.2026 Uploaded on : 04.02.2026 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. Sukhdev Singh, Advocate for the appellants.

Mr. Punit Jain, Advocate for respondent No.3-Insurance Company.

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SUDEEPTI SHARMA J.

1. As per the report of registry, notice issued to respondent No.3 not received back from Delhi.

2. On asking of the Court, Mr. Punit Jain, Advocate accepts notice on behalf of respondent No.3-Insurance Company. A copy of appeal alongwith documents has been supplied by learned counsel for the appellants to Mr. Punit Jain, Advocate in the Court.

3. The present appeal has been preferred against the award dated 20.04.2021 passed in the claim petition filed under Section 166 and 140 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (in short ‘1988 Act’), by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Panipat (for short, 'the Tribunal’) for enhancement of compensation granted to the claimants to the tune of Rs.18,84,000/- a