MOHD. SAFFAR & ANR. vs NETRAPAL & ORS (UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO LTD)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Decided on: 26.11.2025 MAC.APP. 428/2019 MOHD. SAFFAR & ANR. .....Appellants Through: Mr. Navin Kumar Jha, Advocate. versus NETRAPAL & ORS (UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO LTD) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sankar N. Sinha, Advocate for Insurance Company. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN PRATEEK JALAN, J. (ORAL) 1. The appellants are the parents of one Asraf @ Babloo, who succumbed to injuries sustained in a road accident that occurred on the intervening night of 30/31.08.2014. By way of the present appeal, they seek enhancement of the compensation awarded to them by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal [“the Tribunal”] in MACP. No. 77039/2016 titled “Mohd. Saffar & Ors. vs. Netrapal & Ors”, vide award dated 31.10.2018. 2. The facts of the case, as recorded in the impugned award, indicate that the deceased, aged approximately 19 years at the time, was travelling as a helper in a truck bearing registration No. HR-55P-1645 [“the first truck”]. At about 3:20 AM, the said truck collided with another truck bearing registration No. HR-38H-6491 [“the second truck”] at Hirankudna Mor, Mundka, Delhi, resulting in the deceased sustaining 3. The appellan