Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 84 · Decided 8 February 2010
Rashida Haroon Kupurade v. DIV. Manager, Oriental Insurance CO. LTD. & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 84 · [2010] 2 S.C.R. 443
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1638/2010
- Decided
- 8 February 2010
- Bench
- ALTAMAS KABIR, CYRIAC JOSEPH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Workmen's Compensation Act Section 30(1)
Headnote
Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923: A B s. 3 - Vehicular accident - Death or victim after six C months - Compensation award passed by Commissioner for Workmen's Compensation holding the insurer liable set aside by High Court holding that the employer was liable and not the insurer - committed an error in holding that notwithstanding the fact that there was no D connection with the accident and the death of the workman, the owner of the vehicle in question was still liable to pay compensation Linder the provisions of the Act- In view of s.3, compensation would be payable by
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