IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on : 01.09.2025 Date of Pronouncement : 12.09.2025 The Oriental Insurance Company Limited ......Appellant Vs.

Gobinda and others ......Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUDEEPTI SHARMA Present : Mr. Vijay Kumar Garg, Advocate, for the appellant.

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SUDEEPTI SHARMA J. (ORAL)

1. The present appeal has been preferred against the award dated 20.03.2025 passed in the claim petition filed under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Gurugram (for short, ‘the Tribunal’), wherein the appellant-Insurance company was fastened with the liability to pay the compensation to the claimants/respondents No.1 to 3 to the tune of Rs.25,92,000/- along with interest @ 7.5% per annum.

2. As sole issue for determination in the present appeal is confined to quantum of compensation awarded by the learned Tribunal, a detailed narration of the facts of the case is not required to be reproduced and is skipped herein for the sake of brevity.

SUBMISSIONS OF THE LEARNED COUNSELS FOR THE PARTIES 3. Learned counsel for the appellant/Insurance company contends that the learned Tribunal erred in assessi