IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on:- 11.09.2025 Pronounced on:- 22.09.2025 HARBHAJAN KAUR & ORS.

......Appellants vs.

JOT SINGH & ORS.

......Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUDEEPTI SHARMA Present: Mr. Anurag Chopra, Advocate for the appellants.

Mr. Radhey Shyam, Advocate for respondent No.3.

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S UDEEPTI SHARMA J .

1. The present appeal has been preferred against the award dated 29.01.2013 passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Ambala in the claim petition filed under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for short, 'the Tribunal’) for enhancement of compensation granted to the claimants to the tune of Rs.3,33,000/- along with interest @ 7.5% per annum, on account of death of Sucha Singh in a Motor Vehicular Accident, occurred on 26.07.2011.

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 here for the sake of brevity.

S UBMISSIONS OF LEARNED COUNSEL FOR THE PARTIE S

3. The learned counsel for the claimants-appellants contends that the amount assessed by the learned Tribuna