IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision :30.03.2026 SANJAY ... APPELLANT VERSUS MAHLE AND ORS. ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PARMOD GOYAL Present: Mr. Ramesh Hooda, Advocate for the appellant.

Mr. Harjinder Singh, Advocate for the respondent-Insurance Company.

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PARMOD GOYAL, J. (ORAL)

1. The present is a classic case where the appellant, after filing the claim petition, appeared to have assumed that the grant of compensation was the sole responsibility of the Court. The appellant, Sanjay, through his father, filed a claim petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, seeking compensation for the injuries sustained by him in motor vehicular accident dated 13.09.1998, allegedly caused due to the rash and negligent driving of respondent No. 1, who was driving jeep bearing registration No. DL-1CE-5198. Award dated 10.10.2001 was passed by Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Rohtak whereby claim petition of the appellant was dismissed as no evidence proving loss suffered by claimant was placed on record.

2. On the basis of the pleadings, the following issues were framed by the learned Tribunal:

1. Whether present accident is the outcome