Supreme Court of India

K Sivaraman & Ors. v. P Sathishkumar & Anr.

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Reported as [2020] 4 S.C.R. 480
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and Ajay Rastogi JJ.
Decided 13 February 2020

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the relevant date for the determinati on of compensation payable is the date of the accident and the benefit of Act 45 of 2009 does not apply to accidents that took place prior to its coming into force.

Judgment, page 20

From the headnote

Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923: s.4 – Whether the benefi t of Act 45 of 2009 deleting the deeming provision in Explanat ion II which capped the monthly wages of an employee at Rs.4000 would also apply to accidents which took place prior to the c oming into force of its provisions i.e. 18 January 2010 – Held: Th e objective of the amendment by virtue of Act 45 of 2009 is to remove a de eming cap on the monthly income of an employee and extend to them compensation on the basis of the actual monthly wages drawn by them – However, there is nothing in Act 45 of 2009 either exp ress or implied

Where later benches applied it

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