Supreme Court of India

Rashida Haroon Kupurade v. Div. Manager, Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. & Ors.

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Reported as [2010] 2 S.C.R. 443
Bench Altamas Kabir and Cyriac Joseph JJ.
Decided 8 February 2010

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Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923: s. 3 - Vehicular accident - Death or victim after six months - Compensation award passed by Commissioner for Workmen's Compensation holding the insurer liable set aside by High Court holding that the employer was liable and not the insurer - HELD: High Court has committed an error in holding that notwithstanding the fact that there was no connection with the accident and the death of the workman, the owner of the vehicle in question was still liable to pay compensation Linder the provisions of the Act- In view of s.3, compensation would be payable by employer

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