UNITED INDIA INSURACE CO LTD vs DHIRAJ TRAHAN

` * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on : 09th January 2026 Pronounced on : 29th January 2026 Uploaded on : 29th January 2026 MAC.APP. 13/2026 & CM APPL. 1041/2026 (stay) UNITED INDIA INSURACE CO LTD .....Appellant Through: Mr. Brijesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. versus DHIRAJ TRAHAN .....Respondent Through: MAC.APP. 14/2026 & CM APPL. 1044/2026 (stay) UNITED INDIA INSURACE CO LTD .....Appellant Through: Mr. Brijesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. versus GEETA TREHAN .....Respondent Through: CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ANISH DAYAL JUDGMENT ANISH DAYAL, J. 1. These appeals have been filed under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (‘MV Act’) by the Insurance Company challenging impugned award dated 08th October 2025 passed by Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal [hereinafter, ‘Tribunal’], North West, Rohini Courts, Delhi in MACT Case no. 449556/2016 titled as ‘Dhiraj Trehan v. United India Insurance Co. Ltd & Anr’ and in MACT Case No. 2. Appellant/United India Insurance Company (‘Insurance Company’) has preferred this challenge essentially on the grounds that both Dhiraj Trehan and Geeta Trehan (hereinafter, “claimants”) who were occupants of the car driven by Kamal Trehan, father of Dhira