Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 833 · Decided 10 November 2006
Shakuntala Chandrakant Shreshti v. Prabhakar Maruti Garvali and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 833 · [2006] SUPP. 8 S.C.R. 939
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4778/2006
- Decided
- 10 November 2006
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, MARKANDEY KATJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Workmen's Compensation Act Section 3, 30
Headnote
Labour Law: Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923: Sections 3 & 30. Compensation-Arising out of accident in the course of employment­ Causal connection between injury and accident-Death of workman in a vehicle A B c due to sudden heart attack-Entitlement to compensation-The deceased was working the vehicle, suffered a massive heart attack and died on the spot-But nothing had D bee~ brought on record to show that the heart attack was caused while doing any job-Mother of the deceased filed a claim petition alleging that the death had occurred while the deceased was performing his duties
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