Supreme Court of India
Poonam Devi and Others v. Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd.
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Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923: Theory of notion al extension – Victim-deceased was a truck driver – On 1 1 June 2003, he was driving truck of respondent no.2 from Ambala to Meerut, a distance of 200 Kms – At about 12.30 p.m., he stopped the truck near bridge to fetch water from the canal and also to have bath when he slipped into the canal and died – PW-2 stan ding near bridge tried to save him but he also slipped in the canal and could not save the deceased – Workman Commissioner grante d compensation to LRs of the deceased – However, High Court held that death did not arise out of the
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