Sr. No.210 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO-4676-2018 (O&M)

Date of decision: 13th February 2026 JAGWANTI AND ANOTHER .....…Appellants versus SHAMSHER AND OTHERS .......Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE HARPREET KAUR JEEWAN Present: Mr. R.K. Chaudhary, Advocate for Mr. Sukhdeep Parmar, Advocate for the appellants.

None for respondent No.3-Insurance Company.

HARPREET KAUR JEEWAN, J. (ORAL)

1. By way of filing the present appeal, the appellants are seeking enhancement of compensation awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Panipat, by assailing the correctness of the Award dated

15.03.2018, regarding the death of their son-Anil Kumar.

2. Relevant facts, in brief, are that on 05.08.2016, appellant-Ajay along with his son-Anil, was going from Israna to Village Mandi by car. At about 1:15 PM, when the reached Mandi, a car make Captiva bearing Registration No.DL-9-CT-3297, which was being driven by respondent No.1 at a high speed, struck with the car of the appellants, as a result of which, their car got imbalanced and struck in the tree. Resultantly, the occupants of the car sustained injuries. Respondent No.1 fled away from the spot. FIR No.182 dated 05.0