IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on : 19.12.2025 Date of Pronouncement : 09.02.2026 Date of Uploading : 09.02.2026 The Oriental Insurance Company Limited ......Appellant Vs.

Gurmeet Singh 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. Sahej Mahajan, Advocate, for the appellant.

Mr. Jaideep Verma, Advocate, for respondent No.1.

None for respondent No.5.

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SUDEEPTI SHARMA J .

1. The present appeal has been preferred by the appellant- Insurance Company against the award dated 14.12.2016 passed in the claim petition filed under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Ludhiana (for short, ‘the Tribunal’), whereby the appellant-Insurance company as well as respondents No.2 and 5 were held liable to pay the compensation to the claimant/respondent No.1 to the tune of Rs.4,76,220/- along with interest @ 7.5% per annum on account of injuries sustain by claimant/respondent No.1, jointly and severely, on the ground that negligence is not proved. And on the ground that the c