299 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision : 17.09.2025 NAZIRA AND ANR. .... Appellants VERSUS NARINDER AND ORS .... Respondents CORAM : HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE ALKA SARIN Present : Mr. Manish Verma, Advocate for the appellants.

Mr. Abhinav Singla, Advocate for respondent No.2.

Mr. Raj Kumar, Advocate for respondent No.3.

ALKA SARIN, J. (ORAL)

1. The present appeal has been preferred by the claimant-appellants aggrieved by the quantum of compensation awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Panchkula (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Tribunal’) vide award dated 03.08.2021.

2. Since the factum of the accident is not in dispute, the facts, as recorded in the impugned award passed by the Tribunal, are not being adverted to herein for the sake of brevity.

3. The Tribunal in the present case had awarded the following compensation :

4. Learned counsel for the claimant-appellants would contend that the income of the deceased, who was about 14 years of age, has been assessed notionally as ₹6,000 per month (₹72,000 per annum) which ought to have been assessed as per the minimum wages applicable to a skilled worker prevalent at the time of the accident which were ₹