Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 566 · Decided 19 May 2023

Mamta Devi & ORS. v. The Reliance General Insurance Company Limited & Anr

Court
Supreme Court of India
Citation
2023 INSC 566 · [2023] 10 S.C.R. 1133
Case number
CIVIL APPEAL No. 3904/2023
Decided
19 May 2023
Bench
J.K. MAHESHWARI, ARAVIND KUMAR (2-judge bench)
Outcome
Case Partly allowed
Case type
Civil
Acts & sections cited
Workmen's Compensation Act Section 20

Headnote

Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 - s.20 - Notification issued under - "Contested claim" - When not - Deceased who was employed by the second respondent as truck driver met with a road accident and succumbed to the injuries - Compensation sought Deputy Labour Commissioner- cum-Commissioner for Workmen Compensation awarded Rs.4,31,671/- and with interest @ 6% p.a - Challenged by appellants - High Court held that the award itself was without jurisdiction on the ground that it was a contested matter on account of the written

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