Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 311 · Decided 31 July 2012
The Oriental Insurance CO. LTD. v. Siby George & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 311 · [2012] 6 S.C.R. 1079
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5669/2012
- Decided
- 31 July 2012
- Bench
- AFTAB ALAM, RANJANA PRAKASH DESAI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Workmen's Compensation Act
Headnote
WORKMAN'S COMPENSA T/ON ACT, 1923: A B ss. 3 and 4-A - Liability to pay compensation and interest c on delayed payment - Relevant date - Held: Is the date of accident and not the date of adjudication of the claim nor the date of filing of the claim petition - Compensation becomes payable as soon The instant appeal was fiied by the Insurance 11 Company challenging the order of the Commissioner directing it to pay simple interest@ 12% per annum ·from the date of accident Relying upon the decision in Mubasir Ahmad1 and Mohd. Nasir2 , it was contended for the appellant that the
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