Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 263 · Decided 28 April 2006
New India Assurance CO. LTD. v. Harshadbhai Amrutbhai Modhiyand ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 263 · [2006] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 444
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2333/2006
- Decided
- 28 April 2006
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, P.K. BALASUBRAMANYAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act; Workmen's Compensation Act Section 3
Headnote
Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923-Section 3--Contract of Insurance entered into by Employer with an Insurance Company to indemnify for C compensation payable under the Act--Commissioner awarded compensation with interest to the claimant-Appeal by Insurance Company before High Court challenging the employer is statutorily liable to pay workman compensation under the Act-On facts, payment of any interest/penalty is specifically excluded under the contract of insurance-Hence, employer, and D not the insurance company, is liable to pay interest to the claimant-Insurance Act, 1938-Motor
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