IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Subhash ......Appellant vs.

Sheela and ors. ......Respondents Date of Reserve: 19.12.2025 Date of Pronouncement: 12.02.2026 Uploaded on:- 13.02.2026 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. Bikram Chaudhary, Advocate, for the appellant.

Mr. Narender Kajla, Advocate for respondent No. 1 to 3.

Mr. D.K. Prajapati, Advocate for respondent No. 5.

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SUDEEPTI SHARMA J .

1. The present appeal is preferred by the appellant-Subhash (owner of the offending vehicle bearing registration No. HR-08-P-1577) against the award dated 10.02.2015 passed in the claim petition filed under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Hissar (for short, 'the Tribunal’), on the ground that liability to pay the compensation to the claimants/respondent Nos. 1 to 3 has been wrongly fastened upon the appellant.

FACTS NOT IN DISPUTE

2. Brief facts of the case are that on 26.12.2012, deceased Gordhan had gone with respondent No. 1 on tractor bearing registration No. HR-08-P/1577 (herein after to be re