IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Pawan Kumar and anr. ......Appellants vs.

Parvesh Kumar Chauhan and ors. ......Respondents Date of Reserve: 06.02.2026 Date of Pronouncement: 23.02.2026 Uploaded on:- 24.02.2026 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. Shiv Kumar, Advocate for the appellants.

Mr. I.S. Pabla, Advocate for respondent Nos. 1 and 2.

Mr. Lalit Garg, Advocate for respondent-Insurance Company.

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SUDEEPTI SHARMA J .

1. The present appeal has been preferred against the award dated 01.12.2022 passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Faridabad 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.14,14,100/- along with interest @ 9% per annum, on account of death of Shiva in a Motor Vehicular Accident, occurred on 02.07.2020.

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 no