SMT ANJU GULLA & ORS. vs UNION OF INDIA THROUGH SECRETARY MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAY, GOVERMENT OF INDIA & ANR.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision : 29.01.2025 W.P.(C) 966/2025 SMT ANJU GULLA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Vikas, Adv. versus UNION OF INDIA THROUGH SECRETARY MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAY, GOVERMENT OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Himanshu Pathak, SPC, Mr. Vedansh Anand, GP, Mr. Amit Singh and Mr. Rajat Yadav, Advs. for UOI. Ms. Gunjan Sinha Jain, Adv. for R-2/NHAI. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA SACHIN DATTA, J. (Oral) 1. The present petition has been filed seeking directions to the respondents to pay damages / compensation of Rs. 4.5 crores along with interest to the petitioners on account of the accidental death of one Shri Umesh Gulla on 15.07.2018 in a road accident, while driving a motorcycle on National Highway 44 on the Kanipala Over Bridge before Khanpur Kolian, Kurukshetra, Haryana. 2. The petitioners are the legal heirs of Shri Umesh Gulla (decd.); petitioner no.1 is the wife and petitioner nos. 2 & 3 are the daughters. The 3. The petitioners have filed the present petition claiming damages / compensation on the basis that the accident which led to the death of Shri Umesh Gulla was caused due to the neglige