Supreme Court of India

Kamal Dev Prasad v. Mahesh Forge

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Reported as [2025] 4 S.C.R. 2053
Bench Sudhanshu Dhulia and K. Vinod Chandran JJ.
Decided 29 April 2025

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Issue for Consideration Whether the High Court erred in reducing the percentage of disability as per the Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923 while determining the compensation. Headnotes† Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923 – Schedule to the Act – Functional disability – Reduction of – When not proper – Determination of compensation – Appellant, a forging machine operator met with an accident while operating the machine losing one or more phalanges of four fingers of his right hand – Commissioner allowed 100% disability and determined the compensation – In appeal, High Court while determining the

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