3. The husband and children of the deceased Dr. Neera Garg ins(cid:24)tuted a claim pe(cid:24)(cid:24)on under the Motor Vehicles Act seeking compensa(cid:24)on from the driver, the registered owner of the vehicle and respondent No.4 – Rahul Nagpal.

4. The appellant contested the claim pe(cid:24)(cid:24)on primarily on the ground that he had already sold the vehicle to respondent No.4 – Rahul Nagpal prior to the accident through an affidavit dated 28.04.2014 and therefore the liability to pay compensa(cid:24)on could not be fastened upon him. Respondent No.4 did not contest the proceedings and was proceeded against ex parte.

5. A-er apprecia(cid:24)ng the evidence adduced by the par(cid:24)es, the learned Tribunal assessed the compensa(cid:24)on at ₹42,41,304/- along with interest and held respondent Nos.1 and 2, namely the driver and the registered owner of the vehicle, jointly and severally liable to sa(cid:24)sfy the award.

6. Assailing the aforesaid award, learned counsel for the appellant contends that the appellant had already transferred the vehicle in favour of respondent No.4 by virtue of an affidavit dated 28.04.2014 and therefore the Tribunal erred in fastening liability up