IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH MANOJ KUMAR AND ANOTHER ..Appellants Versus SHYAMA AND ORS.

..Respondents Reserved on: 24.04.2026 Pronounced on: 27.04.2026 Uploaded on : 04.05.2026 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. Mukesh Yadav, Advocate for the appellant.

Mr. Jatin Kumar, Advocate and Mr. Punit Jain, Advocate for respondent No.5-Insurance Company.

SUDEEPTI SHARMA, J.

1. The present appeal has been filed by the appellants/driver and owner of the offending vehicle against the award dated 07.07.2023 passed in a claim petition filed under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Gurugram (for short, 'the Tribunal'), wherein the claim petition filed by the claimants was allowed and appellants/driver and owner of the offending vehicle were made liable to pay the compensation.

BRIEF FACTS OF THE CASE

2. Brief facts of the case are that on 05.10.2016, at about 9:30 P.M., the victim Rakesh Kumar had left the house of Mr. Dheeraj Sharma son of Sh. Bharat Krishan Sharma, resident of House No. 1362, Sector