IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on : 30.01.2026 Date of Pronouncement : 31.01.2026 Date of Uploading : 04 .02.2026 National Insurance Company Limited ......Appellant Vs.

Mehar Chand 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. R.C.Kapoor, Advocate, for the appellant.

Mr. Mohan Singh Rana, Advocate, for respondent No.1.

Ms. Shweta Bawa, Advocate, and Mr. Naveen, Advocate, for respondents No.2 and 3.

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S UDEEPTI SHARMA J .

1. The present appeal has been preferred against the award dated 07.07.2017 passed in the claim petition filed under Sections 166/140 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Palwal (for short, ‘the Tribunal’), whereby the appellant-Insurance company was held liable to pay the compensation to the claimant/respondent No.1 to the tune of Rs.1,45,498/- along with interest @ 7.5% per annum on account of injuries sustained by the claimant/respondent No.1.

BRIEF FACTS OF THE CASE

2. Brief facts of the case are that on 01.01.2014, Jasbir (since deceased), along wit