adopted for the purpose of grant of compensation under the Workmen Compensation Act. There is no dispute that the Act is a welfare legislation. The principles to be followed is to grant 'just compensation'. There cannot be any other opinion that the compensation to be granted, must be not only adequate, but in commensuration with the cost index of the relevant point of time. Thus, if there is no revision of minimum wages by the Central Government under the provisions of the Workmen Compensation Act, and if such minimum wages are fixed by the particular State Government, considering the cost index of the relevant point of time under the provisions of the Minimum Wages Act, which is a general law, then for the purpose of calculating the compensation, the minimum wages fixed by the State can be adopted, so as to grant a 'just compensation', which is the basic principle to be adopted. In the interest of justice, and to compensate the victim in commensuration with the disability / suffering or otherwise, the Courts have to adopt a pragmatic approach and once the minimum wages are fixed by the State concerned under the provisions of the Minimum Wages Act, the said minimum wages shall be taken into account for calculating the compensation, provided such minimum wages are higher than that of the minimum wages fixed by the Central Government under Section 4(1) of the Workmen Compensation Act.
