IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Amarjit Kaur and anr. ......Appellants Vs.

Nirmal Singh and others ......Respondents Date of Reserve: 06.02.2026 Date of Pronouncement: 19.02.2026 Uploaded on:- 23.02.2026 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. Varun Sharma, Advocate for the appellant.

Mr. Punit Jain, Advocate for respondent No.3-Insurance Company.

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SUDEEPTI SHARMA J.

1. The present appeal has been preferred against the award dated 20.02.2025 passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Kapurthala 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.10,17,898/- along with interest @7% per annum, on account of death of Ajay Kumar @ Gama in a Motor Vehicular Accident, occurred on

30.12.2019.

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 not required to be reproduced here for the sak