IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

225 FAO No.4184 of 2002 (O&M)

Date of Decision:04.11.2025 Om Parkash ...Appellant Versus Dharma and Ors ... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMARINDER SINGH GREWAL Present: Mr. Maneet Kaushik, Advocate for Mr. Sagar Aggarwal, Advocate, for the appellant.

None for respondents.

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AMARINDER SINGH GREWAL, J. (ORAL)

1. The present appeal has been preferred by the appellant- superdar/owner of the insured/offending vehicle challenging the impugned award dated 16.05.2001 passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Panipat (for short, ‘the learned Tribunal’), whereby while awarding compensation of Rs.1,70,000/- along with interest @ 9% per annum in favour of the claimants on account of the death of Smt. Makri Devi in a motor vehicular accident, it has granted recovery rights to respondent No.6-insurance company against him.

2. Succinctly, the facts of the case are that on 11.04.1998 at about 5:00 P.M., Smt. Makri Devi, aged about 50 to 55 years, along with her grandson- Sudesh Kumar (daughter’s son) was going to village Nangal Kheri to visit her daughter. After alighting from a bus at the bus stop of village Nangal Kheri, and