IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 03.09.2025 Sushma and others ...Appellant(s)

Vs.

Jai Vindra Kumar Sharma @ Jai Vindra Sharma and others ...Respondent(s)

CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE NIDHI GUPTA Present:- Mr. Abhishek Pundir, Advocate for Mr. Mohan Singh Rana, Advocate for the appellants.

Mr. Gurqurban Singh, Advocate for Mr. Vishal Aggarwal, Advocate for respondent No.4-Insurance Co.

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NIDHI GUPTA, J.

The present appeal has been filed by the claimants against dismissal of their claim petition by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Gurugram (hereinafter “the learned Tribunal”) vide Award dated 21.08.2019 passed in MACT Case No.43 dated 31.05.2018 filed under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, (hereinafter “the Act”). The 5 claimants are the widow, 2 minor children, and parents of deceased Anil.

2. The case pleaded by the appellants in their claim petition is that on 8.6.2016 around 4.00 p.m. deceased Anil was going on his motor cycle from Pataudi to his house and when he reached ahead of village Rampura, in the meantime, a car bearing registration No.HR-26BA-3744 (hereinafter ‘the offending vehicle’) being driven by respondent No.1 in a r