ANIL DEVI AND ORS vs SONU AND ORS

238 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO-1027-2025 Date of Decision: July 10, 2026 Anil Devi and others … Appellants Versus Sonu and others …Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA Present:- Ms. Swa Bansal, Advocate for Mr. Vivek Suri, Advocate for the appellants. Mr. Nigam K. Bhardwaj and Mr. Phalit Batra, Advocates for respondent No.3-Insurance Company. DEEPAK GUPTA, J.(Oral) Appearance has been made on behalf of respondent No.3- Insurance Company. 2. It is claimants’ appeal seeking enhancement in the compensa on amount on account of death of Ashok Kumar. A claim pe on under Sec on 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 was filed by his widow, two children and parents, seeking compensa on from the driver, owner and insurer of the offending vehicle. The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Jhajjar (hereina3er referred as ‘the Tribunal’) has awarded total compensa on of `23,94,716/- and made all respondents to be jointly and severally liable to pay the said compensa on amount along with interest. 3. Seeking enhancement in the compensa on amount, two fold submissions have been made by learned counsel for the appellants. Her first submission is that the amount r