IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision : 18.02.2026 CHAMKAUR SINGH @ KAURA AND ANR .... Appellants VERSUS SWARANJIT KAUR AND ORS .... Respondents CORAM : HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE ALKA SARIN Present : Mr. Raj Kumar Chandana, Advocate for the appellants.

ALKA SARIN, J. (ORAL)

1. The present appeal has been preferred by the appellants (the driver and the owner of the offending truck) aggrieved by the award passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Moga (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Tribunal’) dated 02.12.2021. The parties are referred to as the claimants, the insurance company, the driver and the owner for the sake of clarity.

2. Briefly facts relevant to the present lis are that some work of construction of bathroom was going on in the house of the claimants and for that purpose they had called Lovepreet Singh @ Lavi son of Gurmeet Singh, resident of Village Buraj Hamira. On 01.09.2020, Amarjit Singh (since deceased) along with said Lovepreet Singh @ Lavi had gone to Baghapurana on their motorcycle make HF-Delux (Honda) bearing registration No.PB- 29W-7336 for withdrawal of money from the bank. At that time Swaranjit Kaur along with Bhinder Singh, brot