108 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH DATE OF DECISION : 28.08.2025 PARAMJIT KAUR AND OTHERS ... APPELLANTS V/S LAKHBIR SINGH AND OTHERS ... RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PARMOD GOYAL Present: Mr. Vijay Lath, Advocate and Mr. Naveen Sharma, Advocate for the appellants.

Mr. D.K.Prajapati, Advocate for respondent No.3-Insurance Company.

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PARMOD GOYAL , J. (ORAL)

CM-9372-CII-2021 Allowed, as prayed for.

Main appeal Present appeal has been preferred by claimants – appellants aggrieved by the quantum of compensation awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (hereinafter referred to as ‘Tribunal’) vide impugned award dated 04.02.2020 in a motor vehicular accident which occurred on 27.05.2019. Vide impugned award, learned Tribunal has concluded that claimant nos. 1 to 3 i.e. appellant nos. 1 to 3 alone are entitled to compensation on account of dependency whereas appellant no.4, married daughter of deceased was held not dependent and hence was held not entitled to compensation.

2. Learned counsel for the appellants has argued that learned Tribunal has erred in not granting compensation to appellant no.4 and has, therefore, wrong