IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH RAJWANTI AND ORS. ......Appellants Vs.

SANDEEP KUMAR AND ORS. ......Respondents Reserved on: 17.04.2026 Pronounced on: 18.04.2026 Uploaded on: 21.04.2026 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. Raghav Bali, Advocate for Mr. Pankaj Bali, Advocate for the appellants.

Mr. Vinod Chaudhri, Advocate and Mr. Jayant Singh Chauhan, Advocate for respondent No.3#Insurance Company.

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SUDEEPTI SHARMA J.

1. The present appeal has been preferred against the award dated 16.05.2016 passed in the claim petition filed under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (in short ‘1988 Act’), by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Panipat (in short ‘the Tribunal’) for enhancement of compensation, granted to the appellants/claimants to the tune of Rs.8,39,424/- along with interest @9% per annum on account of death of deceased Jasmer in a Motor Vehicular Accident, occurred on 16.12.2014.

2. As sole issue for determination in the present appeal is confined to quantum of compensation awarded by the learned Tribunal, a detailed n