315-1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision : 29.10.2025 MANJIT SINGH AND ORS .... Appellants VERSUS SHAM LAL AND OTHERS .... Respondents CORAM : HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE ALKA SARIN Present : Mr. S.S. Sandhu, Advocate for Mr. S.S. Swaich, Advocate for the appellants. Mr. Lalit Garg, Advocate for respondent No.3.

ALKA SARIN, J. (ORAL)

1. As per the report of the Mediator, the mediation was a non-

starter.

2. The present appeal has been preferred by the claimant-appellants aggrieved by the quantum of compensation awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Fatehgarh Sahib (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Tribunal’)

vide award dated 08.08.2022.

3. 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.

4. The deceased in the present case was 20 years of age at the time of accident i.e. 26.05.2020. The claim petition was preferred by his parents and sister. It has been averred in the claim petition that the deceased was a student of B.Com 2^nd year at the time of the accident and was also doing part time job as Clerk-cum-Accountant in M/s Di