Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 1054 · Decided 23 November 2016
Golla Rajanna ETC. ETC. v. The Divisional Manager and Another, ETC. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 1054 · [2016] 9 S.C.R. 469
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 11114/2016
- Decided
- 23 November 2016
- Bench
- KURIAN JOSEPH, R.F. NARIMAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Workmen's Compensation Act Section 4(1)(c)(ii), 30(1)
Headnote
Workmen s Compensation Act, 1923: A B s.30 - Appeals - Limited jurisdiction of High Court - Disability due to accident - Compensation awarded to appellants C by Workmen s Compensation Commissioner reduced by High Court making a fresh assessment with respect to percentage of held: Under the Scheme of the Act, the Workmen s Compensation Commissioner is the last authority 011 facts, therefore, the High Court had 110 competence to re-appreciate the evidence D and record its own findings on percentage of disability for which also there was no basis. Scope of appeal -
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