Punjab and Haryana High Court · 2026-05-14
BALA NOW DECEASED THR LRS vs SANDEEP AND ORS
- Citation / case number
- FAO 1201/2024
- Court
- Punjab and Haryana High Court
- Petitioner
- BALA NOW DECEASED THR LRS
- Respondent
- SANDEEP AND ORS
Judgment text excerpt
FAO-1201-2024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 147 FAO-1201-2024(O&M) Date of decision: 14.05.2026 Smt. Bala (now deceased) through LRs ...Appellant(s) Vs. Sandeep & Others ...Respondent(s) CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE NIDHI GUPTA Present:- Mr. Balkar Singh, Advocate for the appellant. *** NIDHI GUPTA, J. Present appeal has been filed by the claimant (now deceased) through LRs seeking enhancement of compensation of Rs.50,000/- awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Jind (hereinafter ‘the learned Tribunal’) to the appellant on account of ‘No Fault Liability’; vide Award dated 05.01.2024 passed in MACP Case No.244 dated 26.07.2019 filed under Sections 166 and 140 of Motor Vehicles Act (hereinafter “the Act”). The sole claimant is the mother of the deceased; who is also now deceased and is represented through her LRs being the 27-year-old brother and 21-year-old brother of deceased Gulab Singh. 2. It was the pleaded case of the appellant that the deceased Gulab Singh had died due to the injuries suffered by him in a motor vehicular accident that took place on 29.09.2018 due to the rash and negligent driving of TATA-407 bearing registration No.HR-39B-8170 SUN