IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH M/s C and C Construction Co. ......Appellant vs.

M/s Reliance General Insurance Co. Ltd. & ors. ......Respondents Date of Reserve: April 24, 2026 Date of Pronouncement:- 27.04.2026 Date of Uploading:- 07.05.2026 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. Kabir Sarin, Advocates for the appellant.

None for respondent No. 1.

Service upon respondent No. 2 dispensed with vide order dated 14.10.2014 Mr. Naresh Kaushik, Advocate for respondent Nos. 3 and 4.

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SUDEEPTI SHARMA J.

1. The present appeal has been preferred by the appellant-Insurance Company against the award dated 27.02.2013 filed under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Panchkula (for short, 'the Tribunal’) on the ground that liability to pay the compensation to the tune of Rs. 7,74,600/- to the claimants/respondent Nos. 3 and 4 has been wrongly fastened upon the appellant-Company.

FACTS NOT IN DISPUTE

2. Brief facts of the case are that on 19.6.2010 at 7.00PM, Mewa Singh along with his brother were going