IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on:- 12.12.2025 Pronounced on:-18.12.2025 Uploaded On: 19.12.2025 PISTA DEVI AND ORS. ......Appellants vs.

BANWAR LAL AND ORS.

......Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUDEEPTI SHARMA Present: Mr. Maneet Kaushik, Advocate for the appellants.

Ms. Manvi Verma, Advocate for Mr. Rajneesh Malhotra, Advocae for respondent No.3-Insurance Company.

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SUDEEPTI SHARMA J .

1. The present appeal has been preferred against the award dated 16.12.2024 passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Kaithal in the claim petition filed under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for short, 'the Tribunal’) for enhancement of compensation granted to the claimants to the tune of Rs.7,23,800/- alongwith interest @7.5% per annum on account of death of Rakesh Kumar in a Motor Vehicular Accident, occurred on 20.04.2013.

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 required to be reproduced here for the sake of brevity.

SUBMISSIONS OF LEARNED COUNSEL FOR THE PARTIES

3. The learned counsel for the clai