IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision : 05.03.2025 Harpal & Another ....Appellants VERSUS Reliance General Insurance Co. and Others . ....Respondents CORAM : HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE ALKA SARIN Present : Mr. Rajesh Lamba, Advocate for the appellants.

Mr. Ram Pal Kohli, Advocate for Mr. T.K. Joshi, Advocate for respondent No.1.

Mr. Gourav Jain, Advocate for respondent Nos.2 to 6.

ALKA SARIN, J. (Oral)

1. The present appeal has been preferred by the appellants (driver and owner of the offending vehicle) challenging the impugned award dated 01.11.2010 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Fatehabad (hereinafter referred to as ‘Tribunal’) whereby the Insurance Company was exonerated from its liability to pay the compensation.

2. Since the facts, as recorded in the impugned award passed by the Tribunal, are not in dispute, the same are not being reproduced herein for the sake of brevity.

3. In the present appeal the only challenge laid by the learned counsel for the appellants is to the finding of the Tribunal exonerating the Insurance Company (respondent No.1 herein) on the ground that the driver of the school van bearing Registration No.HR-37B-5260 (here