IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

216 FAO-2156-2000 (O&M)

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National Insurance Company Ltd. ...Appellant(cid:1)

Versus Smt. Bachhi Devi and Others ... Respondents(cid:1)

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMARINDER SINGH GREWAL Present: Mr. N.K. Manchanda, Advocate (cid:1)

for the appellant.(cid:1)

None for the respondent Nos. 1 to 4.

Respondent No.5 ex-parte.

Mr. Ishan Cooner, Advocate, for(cid:1)

Mr. J.S. Cooner, Advocate,(cid:1)

for respondent No.6.

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AMARINDER SINGH GREWAL, J.

1. The present appeal has been filed by the appellant–Insurance Company seeking to set aside the Award dated 20.01.2000 passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Panipat (hereinafter referred to as ‘the learned Tribunal’) whereby the claim petition filed by respondents No. 1 to 4 -claimants on account of the death of Joginder Ram in a motor vehicular accident on 22.04.1998, has been allowed

2. Succinctly, the facts of the case are that on 22.04.1998 at about 11:45 p.m., Joginder Ram (since deceased) was proceeding from Shahbad to village Sulakhani on his scooter bearing registration No.CHE-8993. When he reac