IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision : 17.03.2025 Reliance General Insurance Co. Ltd. ....Appellant VERSUS Nirmal Sharma and others ....Respondents CORAM : HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE ALKA SARIN Present : Mr. Sunil Kumar, Advocate for the appellant.

ALKA SARIN, J. (Oral)

1. Present appeal has been filed by the Insurance Company challenging the award dated 01.09.2023 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Kurukshetra (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Tribunal’).

2. The brief facts relevant to the present case are that in the accident, which occurred on 04.11.2020, Vivek (hereinafter referred to as the ‘deceased’) alongwith his friends, namely, Vijay and Rajesh Kumar was coming from Cheeka towards Pehowa on a motorcycle bearing registration No.HR-41-F-9604, which was being driven by Vijay at a moderate speed and on his correct left side of the road. Deceased – Vivek – and Rajesh Kumar were pillion rider on the said motorcycle. At about 11.30 pm, when they reached near Sachdeva Farm in the area of village Saina Saidan, a Canter bearing registration No.HR-56-B-6041 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘offending vehicle’) came from the opposite side at a very f