SANTA RANI ALIAS RANI vs VIJAY KUMAR

FAO-680-1989 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (105) FAO-680-1989 (O&M) Reserved on : 05.05.2026 Pronounced on : 19.05.2026 Uploaded on : 19.05.2026 Samta Rani Alias Rani and others `...Appellants Versus Vijay Kumar and others ... Respondents CORAM :HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMARINDER SINGH GREWAL Present: Mr. Judgepreet Singh Warring, Advocate and Mr. Kuldeep Kumar, Advocate for the appellants. None for respondent No. 1. Service qua respondent No. 2 dispensed with v.o.d. 21.04.2026. Mr. Amit Jaiswal, Advocate for respondent No. 3. -Insurance Company. *** Amarinder Singh Grewal, J. 1. The present appeal has been preferred by the claimants- appellants against the award dated 15.02.1989 passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Faridkot (hereinafter referred to as “the learned Tribunal”), whereby compensation of Rs.15,000/- under the principle of “No Fault Liability”, along with interest, was awarded on account of death of Sat Pal in a motor vehicular accident dated 01.03.1987 involving truck No.RSF- 3945, while holding that rash and negligent driving on the part of respondent No.2-driver was not proved. Aggrieved against the said findings as well as