JABALPUR, India, June 13 -- Madhya Pradesh High Court issued the following judgment/order on May 12:
1. This miscellaneous appeal under Section 30 of the Workman Compensation Act, 1923 has been preferred by the appellant/Insurance Company for setting aside the impugned award dated 25.05.2024 passed by the Commissioner, Labour Court, Jabalpur in Case No.16/2015.
2. The brief facts of the case is that the deceased, Saleem Md. @ Javed, was allegedly employed by Respondent No. 2 as a driver and died in a motor accident during the course of employment in the intervening night of 11/12.03.2011 while travelling from Jabalpur to Katni for dropping passengers. The claimants filed a claim petition seeking compensation of Rs. 8,00,000/-, alleging t...