IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 27.02.2026 M/s Anupurna Rice Mills ...Appellant Versus Sandeep Kaur and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIRINDER AGGARWAL Present: Mr. Sahil Mahendiratta, Advocate and Mr. Ashutosh Dhankar, Advocate for Appellants.

Mr. Neeraj Khanna, Advocate for Mr. Ravinder Arora, Advocate for Respondent-Insurance Company.

VIRINDER AGGARWAL, J.(ORAL)

1. The present appeal has been preferred by the owner of the offending vehicle challenging the award dated 15.05.2002 passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Chandigarh, to the limited extent whereby recovery rights have been granted to the insurance company against the appellant-owner.

BACKGROUND FACTS

2. The claim petition arose out of a motor vehicular accident that occurred on the intervening night of 09/10.02.1999 involving truck bearing registration No. PJT-1414, owned by the present appellant. The learned Tribunal, upon appreciation of evidence, held that the accident had taken place due to rash and negligent driving of the said truck by its driver, Karnail Singh.

3. On the intervening night of 09/10.02.1999, Lt. Col. Sukhjit Singh Sidhu, aged abou