IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision :01.04.2026 ASHA BAJAJ AND OTHERS ... APPELLANTS VERSUS AMRIK SINGH AND OTHERS ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PARMOD GOYAL Present: Mr. R.K. Choudhary, Advocate for Mr. Sukhdeep Parmar, Advocate for the appellants.

Mr. Amit Singla, Advocate for respondent No. 2.

Mr. Aseem Aggarwal, Advocate and Mr. Sandeep Suri, Advocate for respondent No. 3-Insurance Company.

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PARMOD GOYAL, J. (ORAL)

1. The appellants-claimants are aggrieved by the award dated 08.10.2004 passed by Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Panipat (hereinafter referred to as ‘Tribunal’) vide which appellants-claimants were found entitled to total compensation of Rs. 2,73,700/-.

2. The claimants-appellants had sought compensation under Section 163-A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (hereinafter referred to as ‘Act’), asserting that deceased Satish Bajaj died on 09.03.2003 as a result of motor vehicular accident dated 09.03.2003. That the accident had occurred when motorcycle bearing registration No. HR-06-H-5718, on which the deceased was travelling, it was hit by a truck bearing registration No. RJ-13-G-5626, allegedly driven rashly and negligent