IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on: 12.11.2025 Pronounced on: 16.12.2025 Uploaded on: 17.12.2025 AMARJEET KAUR AND OTHERS …..Appellants Vs.

BHUPESH KUMAR GUPTA AND ANOTHER …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE HARKESH MANUJA Present: Mr. Sanjay Jain, Advocate for the appellants.

Mr. Sandeep Suri, Advocate for respondent- Insurance Company.

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HARKESH MANUJA, J.

1. By way of present appeal, challenge has been laid to an award dated 16.09.2023 passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Ambala (for brevity, “the Tribunal”), whereby an amount of Rs. 20, 68,710.40/- was awarded as compensation to the appellants/claimants along with interest @ 9% per annum from the date of filing of petition till its realization on account of death of Hukum Chand in a motor vehicular accident, occurred on 29.02.2020.

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 of brevity.

ARGUMENTS ON BEHALF OF LEARNED COUNSEL FOR THE APPELLANTS

3. Learned counsel for the appellants assailed the award