FAO No. 1329 of 2002 -1- In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh FAO No. 1329 of 2002 (O&M) Date of decision : 4.2.2010 Balbir Singh and another ... Appellants vs Azad Singh and others .... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Amit Arora, Advocate for Mr. Pritam Saini, Advocate, for the appellants. Mr. Ravinder Arora, Advocate, for the Insurance company. Rajesh Bindal J. Challenge in the present appeal is to the award of the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Panipat (hereinafter to be referred as “the Tribunal”). The brief facts of the case are that on 4.4.1997 at about 1.00 pm Balbir Singh along with his son Bahadur was going from Samalkha to Village Naraina on a bicycle. When they reached near Kamal Bhatta Company, a truck bearing No. HYK 8777 being driven in a rash and negligent manner, came and dashed with the bicycle. Due to this, they fell down and his son suffered multiple injuries. Bahadur was taken to a private hospital from where he was shifted to Civil Hospital, Panipat, where he died. The claimants filed claim petition before the learned Tribunal which was allowed. A sum of Rs. 1,92,000/- was determined as compensation payable to the appellants. Not satisfied with the award of the Tribunal, the parents of the deceased/claimants filed appeal before this court. Learned counsel for the appellants submitted that the compensation awarded by the Tribunal is not justified. He submitted that after the accident, Bahadur was taken firstly to a private hospital and thereafter shifted to Civil Hospital, Panipat and in this process the claimants have spent amount on transportation, treatment etc. but the learned has not granted any amount of compensation under these heads and also not granted any compensation on account of funeral expenses and loss of consortium. On the other hand, learned counsel for the Insurance company submitted that considering the age of the deceased the Tribunal has awarded just and fair compensation but regarding non-grant of compensation under the other heads, he has nothing to say. FAO No. 1329 of 2002 -2- Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the paper-book. A perusal of the impugned award shows that the Tribunal has not granted any compensation on account of transportation, treatment, funeral expenses and loss of consortium. Considering the submissions of learned counsel for the parties, the award of the Tribunal is modified and the claimants are also granted Rs. 3000/- on account of treatment, Rs. 1000/- for transportation, Rs. 2000/- on account of funeral expenses and Rs. 4000/- on account of loss of consortium. The enhanced compensation shall be paid along with interest @ 6% from the date of filing of claim petition till its payment. The appeal is disposed of in the above terms. 4.2.2010 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge