IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
NAVRAJ KAUR AND OTHERS – Appellant
Versus
SUNNY MASIH AND OTHERS – Respondent
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RA-CR-203-2025 (O&M)
IN FAO-5293-2023 -1-
IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
283 RA-CR-203-2025 (O&M)
IN FAO-5293-2023
Date of Decision: 29.01.2026
Navraj Kaur and others .…Applicant-Appellants
Versus
Sunny Maish and others .... Non-applicant/Respondents
CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIDHI GUPTA
Present: - Mr. Vikas Kumar, Gupta, Advocate
for the applicant-appellant.
NIDHI GUPTA, J. (ORAL)
1. The applicant-appellant has filed the present review
application under Section 114 CPC for review of the order dated
25.04.2025, passed by this Court whereby the main appeal bearing
No. FAO-5293-2023 was dismissed.
2. Briefly stated, the appellant-claimants have filed the main
appeal seeking enhancement of compensation of ₹74,93,842/- awarded by
the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Chandigarh passed in
MACP No. 317 dated 31.05.2017, filed under Section 166 of the Motor
Vehicles Act, 1988. Vide order/judgment under review dated 25.04.2025,
the main appeal was dismissed on merits.
3. Learned counsel for the review-applicants submits that the
order dated 25.04.2025 deserves to be reviewed on account of the fact that
the learned Tribunal as well as this Court has not granted any interest on
the amount of compensation. Learned counsel submits that although at the
RISHU KATARIA
2026.01.30 16:59
I attest to the accuracy and
authenticity of this
order/judgment.
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time of final arguments, the prayer for grant of interest upon the
compensation amount was not pressed, but the same was made in para
No. 5 of grounds of appeal. It is accordingly prayed that the order dated
25.04.2025 be reviewed.
4. No other argument is made on behalf of the review applicant.
5. I have heard ld. counsel and perused the case file in detail.
6. Perusal of the order under review reveals that no argument
qua grant of interest upon the compensation amount was ever raised by
learned counsel for the applicant-appellant during the course of final
arguments.
7. In any event, it is established position in law that a review
application is not meant to permit the review-applicants to re-argue the
entire case and raise the points that could have been raised during the
initial hearing. As noted above, order dated 25.04.2025 was passed in the
presence of learned counsel for the review-applicant. Merely because the
review-applicant failed to raise an argument qua grant of interest at the
time of hearing of the main matter, cannot constitute sufficient ground to
review the order dated 25.04.2025. An order passed by this Court can be
reviewed if there is manifest error on the face of the record meaning
thereby that there is a clear and obvious mistake in the judgment. The
Review Application is not meant to re-agitate arguments or pleadings that
were omitted during the hearing of the main matter. As such, I find no
such error in the order dated 25.04.2025. Rather, as noted above, by way
of the present Review Application, the review applicant is seeking to
reargue and reagitate the main appeal.
RISHU KATARIA
2026.01.30 16:59
I attest to the accuracy and
authenticity of this
order/judgment.
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8. Reliance is also placed on a recent judgment of the Hon’ble
Supreme Court in “Malleeswari Vs. K. Suguna and Another” SLP(C)
No. 12787 of 2025 decided on 08.09.2025, wherein principles for review
jurisdiction have been laid down in Para 15, which reads as follows: -
“15. It is axiomatic that the right of appeal cannot be
assumed unless expressly conferred by the statute or the
rules having the force of a statute. The review jurisdiction
cannot be assumed unless it is conferred by law on the
authority or the Court. Section 114 and Order 47, Rule 1 of
CPC deal with the power of review of the courts. The power
of review is different from appellate power and is subject to
the following limitations to maintain the finality of judicial
decisions:
15.1 The review proceedings are not by way of an appeal
and have to be strictly confined to the scope and
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