IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Iffco Tokio General Insurance Co. Ltd. ......Appellant vs.

Rakshi Minor Through his natural guardian & ors. ......Respondents Date of Reserve: 11.02.2026 Date of Pronouncement: 13.02.2026 Uploaded on:- 16.02.2026 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. Sachin Ohri, Advocate for the appellant.

Mr. Ashish Gupta, Advocate for respondent No. 2.

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SUDEEPTI SHARMA J.

1. The present appeal has been preferred by the appellant-Insurance Company against the award dated 12.05.2017 passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Karnal in the claim petition filed under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for short, 'the Tribunal’)on the ground that the liability to pay compensation to the tune of Rs. 2,53,200/- has been wrongly fixed upon the Insurance Company.

FACTS NOT IN DISPUTE

2. Brief facts of the case are that on 30.4.2015 Rakshit (minor) along with his father and cousin namely Sagar was going to Karna Lake, Karnal, for excursion on motorcycle bearing registration No.HR-05W-8946 being driven by his fath