IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Darkali ...Appellant Versus Subhash and others ...Respondents Reserved on: 06.05.2026 Pronounced on: 11.05.2026 Pronounced fully/opera4ve part: Fully CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA Argued by: Mr. S.K. Yadav, Advocate for the appellant.

Mr. Aseem Aggarwal, Advocate for respondent No.4 – Insurance Company.

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DEEPAK GUPTA, J.

The present appeal has been preferred by the claimant seeking enhancement of compensa8on awarded vide judgment-cum-award dated 17.08.2000 passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Narnaul. 2. The appellant-claimant is the unfortunate mother of deceased Siya Ram, who lost his life in a motor vehicular accident, which occurred on 14.05.1999. As per the case set up before the Tribunal, the deceased was travelling in bus bearing registra8on No.HR-47-0902. The said bus was being driven by respondent No.1 in a rash and negligent manner. When the bus reached near Hasanpur Limestone, some passengers requested the driver to stop the vehicle. Though one passenger namely Ranbir Singh had already alighted from the bus, deceased Siya Ram was s8ll in the process of ge?ng down, when respondent No.1 sudden