Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 859 · Decided 26 September 2023
Commanding Officer, Railway Protection Special Force, Mumbai v. Bhavnaben Dinshbhai Bhabhor & Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 859 · [2023] 12 S.C.R. 660
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3592/2019
- Decided
- 26 September 2023
- Bench
- B.V. NAGARATHNA, MANOJ MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 372(2), 366; Industrial Disputes Act
Headnote
HEADNOTES Issue for consideration: Whether a Constable of a Railway Protection Force (RPF) can be treated as a "Workman" u/s.2(1)(n), Employees Compensation Act, 1923 even though, by virtue of amended s.3, Railway Protection is a member of the Armed Forces of the Union; and whether, on account of availability of alternative remedy to apply for compensation u/ss.124 and 124-A, Railways Act, 1989, a claim under the 1923 Act is maintainable. Employees Compensation Act, 1923 - s.2(1)(n) - Constable of a RPF
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