IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO-439-2026(O&M)

Date of decision: 28.04.2026 Smt. Alka & Another ...Appellant(s)

Vs.

The Original Insurance Company Ltd. & Others ...Respondent(s)

CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE NIDHI GUPTA Present:- Mr. Saurabh Dalal, Advocate for the appellants.

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NIDHI GUPTA, J.

CM No.1930-CII of 2026 For the reasons as are mentioned in the application, the same is allowed. Delay of 314 days in re-filing the appeal is condoned.

Main Case Present appeal has been filed by the claimants seeking enhancement of compensation of Rs.25,09,960/- awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Jhajjar (hereinafter ‘the learned Tribunal’) vide Award dated 24.12.2024 passed in MACP-92 dated 16.03.2023 filed under Section 166 of Motor Vehicles Act (hereinafter “the Act”). The 2 claimants are the 41-year-old mother and 47-year-old father of deceased Khushbu, who was 20 years old at time of accident.

2. Brief facts of the case are that the ld. Tribunal on the basis of pleadings and oral & documentary evidence adduced by the parties, concluded that the deceased Khushbu had died due to the injuries suffered by her in a motor vehicular accident that took place on 12.02.