Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 525 · Decided 24 April 2008
Om Parkash Batish v. Ranjit @ Ranbir Kaur and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 525 · [2008] 6 S.C.R. 938
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2943/2008
- Decided
- 24 April 2008
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, P.P. NAOLEKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC; Evidence Act
Headnote
Workmen Compensation Act, 1923 - s. 2{n) - Casual employee appointed for limited period to carry out repairing c job in a residential building - Held: Is not a 'workman' under the Act since the requirements of law not satisfied - Schedule II appended to the Act also not applicable - Only because with a building activity, he would not be included in the definition of term 'workman' - High Court in appeal uls 30 erred in granting compensation D to the employee proceeding on the basis that appreciation of evidence would give rise to substantial question of law - Appreciation of
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