IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Judgment reserved on : 25.03.2026 Judgment pronounced on 27.04.2026 BANARSI DASS ... APPELLANT VERSUS VIRENDER AND ORS ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PARMOD GOYAL Present: Ms. Vamika Johar, Advocate for Mr. Pritam Singh Saini, Advocate for the appellant.

Mr. Deepak Kundu, Advocate for respondent Nos. 1 and 2. Mr. Sandeep Suri, Advocate for respondent No. 3-Insurnace Company.

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PARMOD GOYAL, J.

1. The appellant-claimant is aggrieved by the award dated 01.12.1998 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Panipat (hereinafter referred to as ‘Tribunal’), whereby the claim petition filed by the appellant- claimant under Section 166 read with Section 140 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, seeking compensation on account of injuries sustained in an accident dated 07.04.1993, was dismissed. The appellant-claimant has challenged the dismissal of his claim petition on the ground that the learned Tribunal erred by not properly appreciating the evidence regarding the manner of occurrence of the accident.

2. The case of the appellant-claimant, as set out in the claim petition, is that on 07.04.1993, while he was proceeding from Sa