BIMLA DEVI & ORS vs NARENDER YADAV & ORS (NATIONAL INSURANCE CO LTD)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Decided on: 15.12.2025 MAC.APP. 625/2015 BIMLA DEVI & ORS .....Appellants Through: Mr. Pankaj Gupta, Advocate. versus NARENDER YADAV & ORS (NATIONAL INSURANCE CO LTD) .....Respondent Through: Ms. Archana Gaur and Ms. Ridhima Gaur, Advocate for NIC. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN PRATEEK JALAN, J. (ORAL) 1. The appellants, who were the claimants before the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal [“the Tribunal”], have preferred the present appeal against an award dated 09.04.2015, passed in MACT No. 250/2012, arising out of a fatal accident resulting in the death of Mr. Dushyant Kumar. They seek enhancement of the compensation granted to them by the impugned award, which was in the sum of Rs.12,52,779/- alongwith interest at the rate of 9% per annum. FACTS 2. The facts, as stated in the impugned award, are that on 19.09.2012 at about 10:00 PM, the deceased was riding a scooty alongwith one – Ms. Payal Srivastava, near Anand Vihar, when the scooty was struck by a Heavy Goods Vehicle [“HGV”] container bearing registration No. HR- 38J-6095. The occupants of the scooty were dragged for some distance, sustaining crush injuries. They were taken to