IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

212 FAO-4463-2001 and FAO-2274-2002 Date of decision :17.02.2026 PARKASH AND ANOTHER ... APPELLANTS VERSUS ADARSH VERMA AND OTHERS ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PARMOD GOYAL Present: Ms. Ekta Thakur, Advocate and Ms. Kulwinder Kaur, Advocate for the appellants.

Mr. Suvir Dewan, Advocate for the respondent-Insurance Company.

****

PARMOD GOYAL, J. (ORAL)

Appellants-claimants have filed two appeals which are being taken up together as both the claim petitions preferred by appellants-claimants were decided by common impugned award dated 14.09.2008, passed by learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Chandigarh (hereinafter referred to as ‘Tribunal’). Appellants-claimants in FAO No. 4463 of 2002 being husband and minor daughter of deceased Rupa Devi (hereinafter referred to as ‘deceased’), aggrieved by the grant of compensation of Rs.2,38,400/- and appellants- claimants in FAO No.2274 of 2001 being father and sister of the deceased being aggrieved by the grant of compensation of Rs.50,000/- by learned Tribunal have sought enhancement of compensation.

2. It is the case of the appellants-claimants that deceased Rupa Devi and minor