IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on : 05.12.2025 Date of Decision: 11.12.2025 Date of Uploading : 13.12.2025 Vijay Kumar ......Appellant Vs.

M/s New Guru Kansi Transport Company and others ......Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUDEEPTI SHARMA Present: Mr. Balbir Singh Jaswal, Advocate, for the appellant.

Mr. Gopal Mittal, Advocate, for Mr. Kamal Sharma, Advocate, for respondent No.4-Insurance Company.

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SUDEEPTI SHARMA J. (ORAL)

1. The present appeal has been preferred against the award dated 03.09.2021 passed in the claim petition filed under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Amritsar (for short, ‘the Tribunal’) for enhancement of compensation, granted to the appellant/claimant to the tune of Rs.26,79,574/- along with interest at the rate of 7.5% per annum, on account of injuries sustained by the appellant/claimant in a Motor Vehicular Accident, occurred on 19.08.2015.

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 reproduced and is skipped herein for the sake