Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 173 · Decided 6 March 2014
G.N. Verma v. State of Jharkhand & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 173 · [2014] 3 S.C.R. 623
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 122/2014
- Decided
- 6 March 2014
- Bench
- RANJANA PRAKASH DESAI, MADAN B. LOKUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 482
Headnote
MINES-ACT, 1952: s. 72-B rlw s. 2(j) and 18(5) of 1952 Act and Regulation B­ A B c A of Coal Mines Regulations - Deemed Agent - Fatal accident in mine - Complaint - Liability of Chief General Manager referred to in the complaint as deemed Agent - Held: Only a person who is authorised to act on to act on behalf · of the owner may be deemed to be an Agent -- In the absence of any statement having been made or any indication having been given by the owner enabling the appellant to act or purport to act on his behalf, it cannot be said that he was a deemed Agent for the mine --
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