Employees Compensation Act 1923 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

Explained| Compensation under Section 4 of Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923 to be awarded from the date of accident or the date of Commissioner’s order?

Supreme Court: The bench of MR Shah* and BV Nagarathna, JJ has held that as per Section 4A of the Employee’s Compensation

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Employee’s Compensation Act is a social welfare legislation, principles of liberal construction to be applied while interpretation thereof

Allahabad High Court: Dr Yogendra Kumar Srivastava, J. dismissed a writ petition challenging the order passed by the Employees Compensation Commissioner/Assistant Labour