Supreme Court of India

Saberabibi Yakubbhai Shaikh & Ors. v. National Insurance Co. Ltd. & Ors.

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Reported as [2014] 1 S.C.R. 303
Bench Surinder Singh Nijjar and Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla JJ.
Decided 2 January 2014

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid settled proposition of law, the appeal is allowed and the judgment and order of the High Court is set aside.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT, 1923: Interest on compensation - Relevant date - Held: Claimants are entitled to interest @12% from the date of accident and not from the date of award. c Pratap Narain Singh Deo v. Srinivas Sabata (1976) 1 SCC 289; Oriental Insurance Company Limited vs. Siby George and others 2012 (6) SCR 1079 = (2012) 12 SCC 540 - relied on. National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Mubasir Ahmed 2007 (2) scR 111 = (2007) 2 sec 349 and (2011) 14 sec 758; Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Mohd. Nasir 2009 (8) SCR 829 = (2009) 6 sec 280 - stood held per incuriam. Uttar Pradesh State Road

Where later benches applied it

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