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The petitioners sought condonation of a 579‑day delay in filing an appeal under Section 30 of the Employees' Compensation Act, 1923, challenging a Labour Court award dated 12‑06‑2023. The appeal was physically filed on 13‑03‑2025, but the mandatory statutory deposit of the compensation amount was …
The petitioners sought condonation of a 579‑day delay in filing an appeal under Section 30 of the Employees' Compensation Act, 1923, challenging a Labour Court judgment dated 12‑June‑2023. After the judgment, the Government Pleader prepared proposals and obtained approval to file the appeal, which …
The petitioners sought condonation of a 579‑day delay in filing an appeal under Section 30 of the Employees' Compensation Act, 1923, challenging a Labour Court award dated 12‑06‑2023. The appeal was physically filed on 13‑03‑2025, but the mandatory statutory deposit required by the proviso to …
The petition sought condonation of a 579‑day delay in filing an appeal under Section 30 of the Employees' Compensation Act, 1923 against a Labour Court judgment dated 12 June 2023. The appeal was physically filed on 13 March 2025, but the mandatory statutory deposit required by the proviso to …
The petitioners sought condonation of a 579‑day delay in filing an appeal under Section 30 of the Employees' Compensation Act, 1923 against a Labour Court judgment dated 12‑06‑2023. The appeal was physically filed on 13‑03‑2025, but the mandatory statutory deposit required by the proviso to Section …
The dependents of a deceased driver filed an Employees' Compensation claim after he suffered a heart attack while on duty driving a truck owned by his employer. The driver fell ill at 10:30 p.m., left the vehicle, and died at 1:30 a.m. the next night. The insurer, HDFC Ergo, argued that the death …
The dependents of a deceased driver filed an Employees' Compensation Act claim after he suffered a heart attack while driving a truck owned by his employer. The driver fell ill at 10:30 p.m., got off the vehicle, and died at 1:30 a.m. the next night. The insurer, HDFC Ergo, argued that the death was …
Lilabi Dhakane, a widow, and her minor children appealed against Indus Towers Ltd., Teamlease Services and ICICI Lombard under the Employees' Compensation Act, 1923, seeking enforcement of a compensation award of Rs 8,15,400 for the death of Ajay Dhakane. The Compensation Commissioner had ordered …
The petitioners, Smt. Gangabai Chotulala Panbisre and others, are dependents of a deceased employee who died in the course of employment. They filed a civil application seeking condonation of a 26‑day delay in filing an appeal under the Employees Compensation Act, 1923, after the Compensation …
The deceased driver Umakant Narwade died after a road accident that occurred while he was employed as a driver for the respondent employer. His widow, children and mother filed a compensation claim under the Employees Compensation Act, 1923, which was dismissed by the Compensation Commissioner on …
The National Insurance Company Ltd. appealed against a judgment of the Commissioner for Employees’ Compensation, which had awarded Rs. 1,40,000 to the employee, Tirupati Pochayya Raghela, under the Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923. The insurer contended that the employee had not produced sufficient …
The National Insurance Company appealed under Section 30 of the Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923, challenging the Commissioner’s award of Rs.7,94,940 compensation for the death of Ganesh, a 22‑year‑old employee earning Rs.7,000 per month. The respondents proved the deceased’s age through a …
The appellants, children of a deceased sugar‑cane labourer, appealed under Section 30 of the Employees Compensation Act, 1923 against the Commissioner’s order that the death was not compensable. The father died on 1 May 2014 while employed by the sugar factory through a labour contractor. A …
The appellant, Executive Engineer MSEDCL Ltd., appealed against a compensation award of Rs. 8,61,120 with 12% interest made by the Commissioner for Workmen Compensation and the Labour Court. The appellant argued that the deceased employee's monthly salary was Rs. 6,000, not Rs. 8,000 as recorded, …
The widow and minor children of a deceased driver applied for interim relief to withdraw the compensation amount deposited by the insurer after a Commissioner under the Employees Compensation Act, 1923 awarded Rs 11,98,500 with interest. The insurer, Magma HDI General Insurance Co. Ltd., had …
The applicant, Shri Arun Gulab Chavhan, suffered a workplace accident in July 2020 and was awarded compensation of Rs. 16,32,330 and medical expenses of Rs. 9,80,716 by the 5th Labour Court under the Employees' Compensation Act, 1923. The insurer, Universal Sompo General Insurance Co. Ltd., …
The Oriental Insurance Co. appealed a compensation award of Rs.3,49,923 granted by the Employees' Compensation Commissioner to the widow of a deceased bus driver, alleging misappreciation of evidence and procedural errors. The appellant raised seven substantive questions, including the existence of …
The appellant New India Assurance Co. Ltd. filed a first appeal against a compensation order awarded to the claimants Bhayalubha Bharatsinh & Ors. The court noted that the amount in dispute was less than Rs.5,00,000, which is considered a small claim. Considering the modest quantum and the …
The appellant, owner of the fishing boat "Devprayag," appealed against the Workman Commissioner’s order granting Rs.7,58,240 compensation to the heirs of the deceased sailor, Shamjibhai Govindbhai Baroya. The appellant argued that no employer‑employee relationship existed and that the Commissioner …
The New India Assurance Co. appealed a compensation award of Rs.3,62,740 granted by the Workmen's Compensation Commissioner under the Employees Compensation Act, 1923, for the death of a 42‑year‑old employee. The appellant contended that the Commissioner incorrectly used an age factor of 181.37 …
The appellant, PC Snehal Construction Company, filed a first appeal against a compensation award under the Employees Compensation Act, 1923, claiming an amount of less than Rs.5,00,000. The High Court noted that the amount involved was small and, given the beneficial nature of the Act, chose not to …
The case involves the death of Kanubhai Fataji, an employee of Sankar Vijay Saw Mill, who suffered fatal injuries when a belt broke while he was pulling a cart. The Commissioner for Workmen Compensation, Labour Court, Nadiad, awarded compensation of Rs.1,08,445 with interest and penalty under the …
The case involves the death of Kanubhai Fataji, an employee of Sankar Vijay Saw Mill, who suffered fatal injuries when a belt broke while he was pulling a cart. The Commissioner for Workmen Compensation, Labour Court, Nadiad, awarded compensation of Rs.1,08,445 with interest and penalty under the …
The appellant, Iffco‑Tokio General Insurance Co. Ltd., appealed a decision of the Commissioner for Workmen that held an employer‑employee relationship existed between the deceased and Opponent No.1, thereby making the insurer liable under the Employees Compensation Act. The Commissioner’s finding …
The appellant, Iffco‑Tokio General Insurance Co. Ltd., appealed a decision of the Commissioner for Workmen that held an employer‑employee relationship existed between the deceased and Opponent No.1, thereby making the insurer liable under the Employees Compensation Act. The Commissioner’s finding …
The New India Assurance Co. appealed against an order of the Commissioner who had awarded interest against the insurer contrary to the policy terms and had held that a sub‑contractor employee was entitled to compensation under the Employees Compensation Act, 1923. The appellant sought to stay the …
The New India Assurance Co. appealed against an order of the Commissioner who had awarded interest against the insurer contrary to the policy terms and had held that a sub‑contractor employee was entitled to compensation under the Employees Compensation Act, 1923. The appellant sought to stay the …
Shahu Sampatrao Jadhavar, a night watchman, died in a road accident on 22 April 2003 while commuting 5 km to his sugar factory workplace. His family claimed compensation under the Employees' Compensation Act, 1923, but the employer and insurer argued the accident did not arise out of or in the …
The appellant, a forging machine operator, lost multiple phalanges of four fingers of his right hand in an accident at work. The Commissioner under the Employees' Compensation Act, 1923 initially assessed a 100% disability and awarded compensation based on a factor of 213.57. On appeal, the High …
The appellant, the Commanding Officer of the Railway Protection Special Force, appealed against a decision allowing the widow and heirs of a constable of the RPF to claim compensation under the Employees Compensation Act, 1923 for his death in service. The central question was whether a constable of …
The deceased Ramakant Yadav, a driver, died while tying logs on a trailer, and his mother and wife claimed compensation under the Employees Compensation Act, 1923. The Commissioner awarded a lump‑sum compensation of ₹3,94,120 and a penalty of ₹1,97,060 against the insurer, but the High Court set …
The legal heirs of Machindra Ananda Jagtap, who died in a road accident while driving a jeep owned by Jayram Ganpati Jagtap, filed a claim for compensation under the Employees Compensation Act, 1923 in 2004, more than nine years after the accident. The Commissioner rejected the claim on grounds of …
The appellant, a skilled labourer, suffered spinal and multiple fractures when a centering plate collapsed during construction work, rendering her unable to lift heavy weights. She claimed compensation under the Employees' Compensation Act, 1923, seeking Rs.20 lakh, but the Commissioner assessed her …
The appellant, father of a deceased employee, claimed compensation under the Employees' Compensation Act, 1923 after the employee died in a road accident while returning from a field assignment. The Commissioner and the High Court dismissed the claim, holding the accident was not "arising out of and …
The appellant family filed a claim for compensation after their 26‑year‑old son, a truck driver, died in an accident that occurred while he was attempting to stop an unmanned vehicle during the course of his employment. The Employees' Compensation Commissioner awarded Rs 10,75,253 with interest, but …
