(O&M)SURJIT KAUR AND OTHERS vs MASTAN SINGH AND OTHERS

FAO-5321-2002(O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 107 FAO-5321-2002 (O&M) Reserved on: 05.05.2026 Pronounced on: 19.05.2026 Uploaded on: 19.05.2026 Surjit Kaur and others ……Appellants Versus Mastan Singh and others ……Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMARINDER SINGH GREWAL Present: Mr. Amandeep Saini, Advocate, for the appellant Nos. 2 to 4. Mr. Neeraj Khanna, Advocate for Mr. Ravinder Arora, Advocate for the respondent No.3 (Insurance Company) **** Amarinder Singh Grewal, J. 1. The present appeal has been filed by the appellants–claimants seeking enhancement of the compensation awarded by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Rupnagar (hereinafter “the Tribunal”), vide award dated 03.09.2002, whereby a sum of ₹2,75,000/- was granted on account of the death of Amarjeet Singh, husband of the appellant No.1, in the motor vehicular accident dated 18.06.2000, due to rash and negligent driving of respondent No.2. 2. Learned counsel for the appellants contended that the Award dated 03.09.2002 passed by the learned Tribunal is contrary to law, facts and evidence available on record and, therefore, deserves modification by way of KANCHAN enhancement of c