Employee Compensation Archives

Karnataka High Court enhances employee’s compensation by ₹1.42 Lakh, directs insurer to pay and recover from tractor owner

The High Court directed the insurance company to pay the enhanced compensation with interest within 8 weeks, while granting it the liberty to recover the amount from the tractor owner in accordance with law.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

There can be a departure from the Schedule of Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923 in deciding functional disability: Supreme Court

“A careful reading of the provisions clearly demonstrates that if more than one injury is caused in the same accident the amount of compensation payable under the Act shall be aggregated, but not to the extent of such aggregation exceeding the amount which would have been payable if permanent total disablement had resulted from the injuries.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Due to employer’s negligence, an employee suffered 100% disability | Read how Del HC emphasises on principle of res ipsa loquitur and strict liability to pronounce decision

Delhi High Court: Anup Jairam Bhambhani, J., emphasizing the principle of res ipsa loquitur and placing a detailed explanation on the same