KULDEEP KAUR AND ORS vs JASWANT SINGH AND ORS

FAO-3277-2022 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 114 FAO-3277-2022(O&M) Date of decision: 01.05.2026 Kuldeep Kaur & Others ...Appellant(s) Vs. Jaswant Singh & Others ...Respondent(s) CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE NIDHI GUPTA Present:- Mr. Vivek Suri, Advocate for the appellants. *** NIDHI GUPTA, J. Present appeal has been filed by the claimants seeking enhancement of compensation of Rs.17,13,600/- awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Fatehgarh Sahib (hereinafter ‘the learned Tribunal’) vide Award dated 05.04.2022 passed in MACP-96 dated 03.07.2019 filed under Section 166 of Motor Vehicles Act (hereinafter “the Act”). The 4 claimants are the 29-year-old widow, 6-year-old son, 53-year- old mother and 57-year-old father of deceased Baljinder Singh, who was 29 years old at time of accident. 2. Brief facts of the case are that the ld. Tribunal on the basis of pleadings and oral & documentary evidence adduced by the parties, concluded that the deceased Baljinder Singh had died due to the injuries SUNENA 2026.05.05 14:27 I agree to specified portions of this document FAO-3277-2022 suffered by him in a motor vehicular accident that took place on 08.06.2019 due to