BABY AND ORS. vs GURMAIL SINGH AND ORS.

FAO-3387-2008(O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 242 FAO-3387-2008(O&M) Date of decision: 19.05.2026 Smt. Baby & ors. ….Appellants Versus Gurmail Singh & ors. ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIDHI GUPTA Present:- Mr. Ashutosh Singh, Advocate for Mr. Prateek Rathee, Advocate for the appellants. Ms. Malvi Aggarwal, Advocate for Mr. D.R. Bansal, Advocate For respondent No.3. NIDHI GUPTA, J. 1. The present appeal has been filed by the claimants laying challenge to the Award dated 21.04.2006 passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Ambala (for short “the learned Tribunal”) whereby MACT Case No.160 dated 22.11.2003 filed by the claimants/appellants under Sec3on 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (hereina7er referred to as ‘the Act’), has been dismissed. Four claimants are the 26-year-old widow, 3½-year- old son, 2-year-old daughter and 8-year-old brother of deceased Vinod Kumar, who was 28 years old at the 3me of accident. 2. It was the pleaded case of the appellants before the learned Tribunal that the deceased, Vinod kumar, had died due to injuries suffered by him in a motor vehicle accident that had taken place on 31.08.2003 at about 12.3