IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Smt. Saroj Devi and ors. ......Appellants vs.

Sudhvir and ors. ......Respondents Reserved on: 06.02.2026 Pronounced on: 09.02.2026 Uploaded on:- 09.02.2026 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. Ashok Kumar Sharma (Bhana), Advocate for the appellants.

Mr. Satish Jain, Advocate for respondent No. 3-Insurance Co.

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SUDEEPTI SHARMA J .

1. The present appeal has been preferred against the award dated 01.04.2015 passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Jind in the claim petition filed under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for short, 'the Tribunal’) for enhancement of compensation granted to the claimants to the tune of Rs.16,08,000/- along with interest @9% per annum, on account of death of Mahabir in a Motor Vehicular Accident, occurred on 02.06.2013.

2. As sole issue for determination in the present appeal is confined to quantum of compensation awarded by the learned Tribunal, a detailed narration of the facts of the case is not required to be reproduced here for the sake of brevity.

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