122-1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision : 04.02.2026 RAMPHAL AND ANR .... Appellants VERSUS SALIM KHAN AND ORS .... Respondents CORAM : HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE ALKA SARIN Present : Mr. Prashant Singh Chauhan, Advocate for the appellants.

Mr. Vinod Gupta, Advocate for respondent No.3.

ALKA SARIN, J. (ORAL)

1. The present appeal has been preferred by the claimant-appellants aggrieved by the quantum of compensation awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Rewari (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Tribunal’) vide award dated 05.12.2022.

2. Since the factum of the accident is not in dispute, the facts, as recorded in the impugned award passed by the Tribunal, are not being adverted to herein for the sake of brevity.

3. The Tribunal had awarded the following compensation :

4. Learned counsel for the claimant-appellants would contend that though the income of the deceased has been assessed as per the salary slips (Ex.PW4/F), however, in addition the deceased was earning ₹20,000 per month by doing computer work. It is further the contention of the learned counsel that the deceased was earning an amount of ₹40,000 per month. Learned counsel would further cont