IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on:- 29.01.2026 Pronounced on: 04.02.2026 Uploaded on: 05.02.2026 Sumitter Kaur and others ….Appellants Versus Thiru P. Nagarajan and others ….Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIRINDER AGGARWAL Present: Ms. Divyam Suri, Advocate, for the appellants.

Mr. R.C. Gupta , Advocate, for the Respondent No 2.

Mr. Satpal Dhamija , Advocate, for the Respondent No 4.

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VIRINDER AGGARWAL, J.

1. The present appeal has been preferred by the Appellants assailing the Award dated 05.04.1999 passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Patiala , whereby the claim petition filed by Appellants for grant of compensation on account of death of Kala Singh alias Aya Singh in a motor vehicular accident that occurred on 19.04.1996 was dismissed on merits, though the appellants were awarded Rs.50,000/- under no-fault liability.

BACKGROUND FACTS

2. The factual matrix of the Appellants case is that on 19.04.1996, the deceased was driving a truck bearing registration number PB-11-E/9257. While returning from Bangalore towards Punjab, and upon reaching the revenue limits of Ratangru in Chittran District, Karnataka, a truck bearing registr