BABITA GUPTA AND ORS vs RAMESH KUMAR AND ORS

FAO-6688-2012(O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 247 FAO-6688-2012(O&M) Date of decision: 19.05.2026 Smt. Babita Gupta & ors. ….Appellants Versus Ramesh Kumar & anr. ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIDHI GUPTA Present:- Mr. Vinod Gupta, Advocate for the appellants. Mr. Vipul Sharma, Advocate for Mr. Paul S. Saini Advocate For respondent No.2. NIDHI GUPTA, J. 1. The present appeal has been filed by the claimants laying challenge to the Award dated 05.09.2012 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Jind (for short “the learned Tribunal”) whereby MACT Case No.41 dated 25.07.2012 filed by the claimants/appellants under Sec3on 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (hereina6er referred to as ‘the Act’), has been dismissed. 5 claimants are the 45-year-old widow, 23-year-old son, 21-year- old son, 19-year-old daughter, and 68-year-old mother of deceased Sanjeev Gupta. 2. It was the pleaded case of the appellants before the learned Tribunal that the deceased, Sanjeev Kumar Gupta, had died due to injuries suffered by him in a motor vehicle accident that had taken place on 08.02.2011 at about 11.00 PM due to the rash and negligent driving of canter bearing