IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED ..Appellant Versus MANJINDER SINGH AND ORS.

..Respondents Reserved on: 23.03.2026 Pronounced on: 08.05.2026 Uploaded on : 11.05.2026 Whether only the operative part of the judgment is pronounced? NO Whether full judgment is pronounced? YES CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUDEEPTI SHARMA Present: Mr. Ashwani Talwar, Sr. Advocate with Ms. Pratiksha Sharma, Advocate for the appellant-Insurance Company.

Ms. Jasdeep Kaur, Advocate for Mr. V.S. Saini, Advocate for respondent No.1.

Mr. Ashish Gupta, Advocate for Mr. Kapil Aggarwal, Advocate for respondents No.2 and 3. SUDEEPTI SHARMA, J.

1. The present appeal has been filed by the appellant-Insurance company against the award dated 05.12.2011 passed in a claim petition filed under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Chandigarh (for short, 'the Tribunal'), wherein the claim petition filed by the claimants was allowed and appellant-Insurance company was made liable to pay the compensation.

BRIEF FACTS OF THE CASE

2. Brief facts of the case are that on 15.02.2009, at about 8pm, claimant was sitting in a Skoda Car bear