IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision :24.09.2025 SMT. SHANTI AND OTHERS ... APPELLANTS VERSUS BANSI LAL AND OTHERS ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PARMOD GOYAL Present: Mr. Rupender Singh, Advocate and Mr. Devesh Nehra, Advocate for the appellants.

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PARMOD GOYAL, J.

1. The appellants-claimants are aggrieved by the award of Rs. 50,000/- granted by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Rohtak (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Tribunal’), vide award dated 26.07.2000 being insufficient amount of compensation.

2. The appellants-claimants had filed a claim petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, seeking compensation on account of loss of dependency due to the death of Randhir Singh in a motor vehicular accident that occurred on 14.06.1997, caused by the rash and negligent driving of respondent No. 1, the driver of the tractor bearing Engine No. 51828204867 and Chassis No.

118118688107.

3. The learned Tribunal decided Issue No. 1 in favour of the claimants, holding that the accident was the result of rash and negligent driving by respondent No. 1. Since no appeal has been preferred by any of the respondents against this finding,