AMANDEEP KAUR AND OTHERS vs RAJ KUMAR AND ANR

FAO-5796-2017 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO-5796-2017 (O&M) AMANDEEP KAUR AND ORS. ......Appellants vs. RAJ KUMAR AND ANR. ......Respondents Reserved on : 05.05.2026 Pronounced on: 13.05.2026 Uploaded on: 19.05.2026 Whether only the operative part of the judgment is pronounced? NO Whether full judgment is pronounced? YES CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUDEEPTI SHARMA Present: Mr. Gaurav Aggarwal, Advocate for the appellants. None for respondent No.1. Mr. Vipul Sharma, Advocate Mr. Paras M. Goyal, Advocate Mr. Vijay Veer Singh, Advocate for respondent No.2. **** SUDEEPTI SHARMA J. 1. The present appeal has been preferred against the award dated 09.03.2017 passed in the claim petition filed under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (in short ‘1988 Act’), by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, FAtehabad (for short, 'the Tribunal’) for enhancement of compensation granted to the claimants to the tune of Rs.84,25,000/- along with interest @ 7.5 % per annum on account of death of Jagsir Singh in a Motor Vehicular Accident, occurred on 23.10.2014. 2. As sole issue for determination in the present appeal is confined to quantum of compensation