VABHAV(MINOR) THROUGH HIS FATHER SURENDER vs SURENDER SINGH AND OTHERS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** FAO-5412-2023 Vabhav (minor) through his father Surender . . . . Appellant Vs. Surender Singh and others . . . . Respondents **** Reserved on: 10.07.2026 Pronounced on: 16.07.2026 Pronounced Fully/Operative Part: Fully **** CORAM: HON’BLE MR JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA **** Present: - Mr. Amandeep Singh, Advocate, for Mr. Chanderhas Yadav, Advocate, for the appellant. Mr. Sanjeev Kodan, Advocate, for respondent No.3-Insurance Company. **** DEEPAK GUPTA, J. This appeal has been preferred by the claimant-injured seeking enhancement of the compensation awarded by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Jhajjar, vide award dated 18.07.2023. 2.1 The appellant is an unfortunate victim of a motor vehicular accident, who was merely four years of age on the date of occurrence. On 06.11.2019, at about 4:00 p.m., he had come out of his house along with his parents, when a school bus belonging to RCR School, allegedly being driven by respondent No.1 in a rash and negligent manner, came from behind and struck him. Owing to the impact, the appellant fell beneath the front wheel of the bus, which ran over both his legs. It is alleged that th