DAYA NAND CONSTABLE vs RAJ PAL AND ;ORS

FAO-2702-2001(O&M) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 218 FAO-2702-2001(O&M) Reserved on: 06.05.2026 Pronounced on: 20.05.2026 Uploaded on:21.05.2026 Daya Nand Constable ……Appellant Versus Raj Pal and others ……Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMARINDER SINGH GREWAL **** Present: Mr. Maneet Kaushik, Advocate, for Mr. Ashit Malik, Advocate, for the appellant. Service of Respondent No.1 is dispensed with, vide order dated 16.07.2025. Mr. Ravinder Singh Rawal, AAG, Punjab for the respondent Nos. 2 and 3. **** AMARINDER SINGH GREWAL, J. 1. The present appeal has been filed by the appellant–claimant seeking enhancement of the compensation awarded by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Panipat (hereinafter “the Tribunal”), vide award dated 22.11.2000, whereby a sum of ₹1,00,000/- was granted on account of injuries sustained by him in a Motor Vehicle Accident dated 15.08.1995 due to rash and negligent driving of respondent No.1. 2. Succinctly, the facts of the case are that on 15.08.1995, the petitioner Daya Nand, alongwith Constable Sant Ram and Constable Balbir Singh, was travelling in a three-wheeler to Police Line, Panipat and when the said three-wheele