IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision:26.02.2026 Savita and another .…Appellants Versus Ramesh Kumar and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIDHI GUPTA Present: - Mr. Ritik Mohindra, Advocate for Mr. Vishal Garg, Advocate for the appellants.

Mr. Sachin Gupta, Advocate for respondent No. 2-Insurance Company.

NIDHI GUPTA, J.

1. The appellant-claimants have filed the present appeal seeking enhancement of the compensation of ₹9,63,400/- awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Bhiwani (for short ‘the learned Tribunal’) vide Award dated 22.09.2014, passed in MACT Petition No. 237 of 2013 dated 01.10.2013 file under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. The 03 claimants are the: i) 24-year-old widow; ii) minor daughter; and iii) 48- year-old father of deceased-Vijay Kumar who was 26 years old at the time of accident. The present appeal has been filed only by claimants No. 1 and 2/widow and minor child, respectively; whereas claimant No. 3/ father of the deceased is impleaded as respondent No. 3 herein.

2. Brief facts of the case are that the learned Tribunal on the basis of pleadings and evidence adduced before it concluded that de