IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision :03.02.2026 SMT. SURSATI DEVI AND OTHERS ... APPELLANTS VERSUS DALBARA SINGH @ GUDOO AND OTHERS ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PARMOD GOYAL Present: Mr. Chirag Suri, Advocate for the appellants.

Mr. Neeraj Khanna, Advocate for Mr. Ravinder Arora, Advocate and Mr. Diwan S. Adalkha, Advocate for respondent No. 3-Insurance Company.

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PARMOD GOYAL, J. (ORAL)

Present appeal has been preferred by the appellants-claimants being the wife and minor children of the deceased-Ram Bilas (hereinafter referred to as the ‘deceased’), who died in motor vehicular accident which took place on 21.10.1997, on account of rash and negligent driving of respondent No.1 while driving tractor bearing registration No. PB-27-0471.

2. Being aggrieved by the impugned award dated 23.04.2002, passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Chandigarh (hereinafter referred to as ‘Tribunal’), vide which the appellants-claimants were found entitled to total compensation of Rs.2,54,000/-, the appellants-claimants are seeking enhance- ment of compensation awarded by the Tribunal as the same is not accordance with their entitlement.

3. Since in