UNITED INDIA INSURACE CO LTD vs DHIRAJ TRAHAN

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` * 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. Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:MANISH KUMAR MAC.APP. 13/2026 & MAC. APP. 14/2026 Page 1 of 16 Signing Date:29.01.2026 19:08:24 ` 450066/2016 titled as ‘Geeta Trehan v United India Insurance Co. Ltd & Anr’. 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 Dhiraj Trehan and husband of Geeta Trehan. 3. The only contention raised by Insurance Company was that compensation could not be awarded to claimants, since after the death Kamal Trehan/driver and owner of the vehicle, claimants being legal heirs of the deceased became co-owners of the vehicle and stepped into the shoes of Kamal Trehan, who was the insured. The Accident 4. On 05th