IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on : 26.09.2025 Date of Pronouncement : 07.11.2025 National Insurance Company Limited ......Appellant Vs.

Vikas Kumar alias Vikas Sharma alias Vikas and others ......Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUDEEPTI SHARMA Present : Mr. Deepak Suri, Advocate, and Mr. Brij Bhushan Sharma, Advocate, for the appellant-Insurance Company.

None for the respondents.

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SUDEEPTI SHARMA J. (ORAL)

1. The present appeal has been preferred against the award dated 26.08.2019 passed in the claim petition filed under Sections 166 and 140 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Patiala (for short, ‘the Tribunal’), whereby the appellant-Insurance company was held liable to pay the compensation to the claimant/respondent No.1 to the tune of Rs.25,000/- along with interest @ 9% per annum.

BRIEF FACTS OF THE CASE

2. The brief facts of the case are that on 16.11.2014, the deceased Bijender along with conductor Pardeep and other passengers had started from the Bus Stand, Karnal, in a bus bearing registration No. HR45A-9756, which was being driven by the deceased himself (Bijender Singh). When the bus reached ne