In the High Court for the States of Punjab and Haryana, at

Chandigarh.

F.A.O.No. 3850 of 2007

Decided on Sept 20,2007.

New India Assurance Company Limited

-- Appellant.

vs.

Smt.Asha Rani and others

-- Respondent.

Present:

Mr. Ravinder Arora,Advocate,for the appellant

Permod Kohli, J:(Oral)

This is a first appeal directed against the award dated June

02,2007, passed by learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Hoshiarpur,

whereby an award of Rs.2,90,000/- has been passed in favour of the

claimants on account of death of Shiv Kumar alias Sonu.

The Insurance Company earlier raised a plea that license of

the driver was fake. Evidence was led, which established that the license

was valid. After having failed before the Tribunal, the present appeal has

been preferred to challenge quantum of compensation awarded.

It has come on record that the deceased was a young man of

25 years of age, who died in the accident. The claimants had claimed

higher compensation on the basis of deceased' s income of Rs. 3500/- p.m.,

but the Tribunal in its wisdom assessed the income of the deceased at

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