Dismissed

United India Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Smt Anita Gaur and Ors.

Rajasthan HC2 Jul 2018CMA/2966/2018

Case brief

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What is this about?

In an S.B. Civil Misc. Appeal, the Court examined whether an appeal regarding workmen's compensation liability lies on a substantial question of law. The Court cited Golla Rajanna to affirm limited High Court jurisdiction in such welfare legislation appeals and dismissed the appeal for no substantial question of law.

What did the court decide?

Interlocutory order dated 15-05-2018 allowing the workmen's compensation claim by the Respondent disallowed; appeal under Section 30 of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 dismissed for no substantia

United India Insurance Co. Ltd. Vs Smt… — Pension and Retirement Benefits | Rajasthan HC (2018)

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S.B. CIVIL MISC. APPEAL NO. 2966/2018

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United India Insurance Company Ltd. , Branch Office Nijam Bidi Factory, Subhash Bazar, Tonk Through Insurance Policy 142101311P-108766072 Vehicle No. Rj 26-Ga-3696.

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---Appellant-Non-Claimant

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Versus

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Smt. Anita Gaur W/o Shri Hariram Gaur,

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Nawal Kishore S/o Shri Hariram Gaur , Both Are R/o Adarsh Nagar Roadways Depot, Tonk Police Station Kotwali-Tonk, Tehsil And Distt. Tonk Raj.

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---Respondents/Claimants

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Murari Singhal S/o Shri Dwarka Prasad Singhal , R/o Bada Kunwa, Near Sabji Mandi, Tonk Road, Police Station Kotwali, Tehsil And Distt. Tonk.

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Omprakash Bairwa S/o Shri Ramdev Bairwa , R/o Shakurpura Ward No. 19, Tonk, Tehsil And Distt. Tonk. Owner Of Vehicle No. Rj 26-Ga-3696.

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---Respondents-Non-Claimant No. 1 & 2

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(e) “employer” includes any body of persons whether incorporated or not and any managing agent of an employer and the legal representative of a deceased employer, and when the services of an employee are temporally lent or let on hire to anothers person by the person with whom the employee has entered into a contract of service or appenraship. MEANS SUCH OTHERS PERSON while the employee is working for hire. mijksDr employer dh ifjHkk"kk esa Means Such Others person esa vizkFkhZ 2 doj gks tkrk gS ftlus vLFkkbZ rkSj ij vizkFkhZ 1 ds etnwjksa dks etnwjh ij vius Vªd esa iRFkj yksM djus dk dke fn;kA deZdkj {kfriwfrZ vf/k0 1923 la’kksf/kr 2000 ds ,DV esa employee dh ifjHkk"kk esa o"kZ 2000ds la’kks/ku ds ckn casuel ;kus vkdfLed etnwj dks Hkh ^^deZdkj^^ dh ifjHkk"kk esa doj dj fy;k x;k gS o oks etnwj tks eq[; fu;kstd ds VªsM o fctusl dk dke ugha Hkh dj jgk gks fu;kstd dk vU; dksbZ Hkh dke dj jgk gks mldks Hkh ^^deZdkj^^ dh ifjHkk"kk esa deZdkj eku fy;k gS vr% etnwj dk casuel gksuk uk gksuk dksbZ ekbZus ugh j[krkA oDr nq? kZVuk erd vizkFkhZ 2 ds ykHkkFkZ o fgrkFkZ dke dj jgk Fkk vizkFkhZ 1 ds ugh D;ksafd erd ,d dkjhxj Fkk mldk dke yksfMax dk ugh Fkk cfYd dkjhfxjh dk FkkA nq?kZVuk vizkFkhZ 2 ds okgu ij dke djrs gqbZ gS vizkFkhZ 1 fuekZ.k dk;Z ij ugha gqbZ gSA mijksDr lHkh ckrksa dh jks’kuh esa ;g vnkyr bl urhts ij igqaph gS fd gjhjke xkSM iq= Nhrjey xkSM dh nq?kZVuk fnukad 3-12-2015 esa e`R;q vizkFkhZ 2 ds fu;kstu esa muds okgu vkj-ts- 26 th-,- 3696 ij crkSj etnwj etnwj djrs dkfjr gqbZ FkhA^^

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“30. Appeals.-(1) An appeal shall lie to the High Court from the following orders of a Commissioner, namely:(a) an order awarding as compensation a lump sum whether by way of redemption of a half-monthly payment or otherwise or disallowing a claim in full or in part for a lump sum;

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[(aa) an order awarding interest or penalty under section 4A;] (b) an order refusing to allow redemption of a halfmonthly payment;

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(c) an order providing for the distribution of compensation among the dependants of a deceased workman, or disallowing any claim of a person alleging himself to be such dependant;

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(d) an order allowing or disallowing any claim for the amount of an indemnity under the provisions of subsection (2) of section 12; or

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(e) an order refusing to register a memorandum of agreement or registering the same or providing for the registration of the same subject to conditions: Provided that no appeal shall lie against any order unless a substantial question of law is involved in the appeal and, in the case of an order other than an order such as is referred to in clause (b), unless the amount in dispute in the appeal is not less than three hundred rupees:”

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“Under the scheme of the Act, the Workmen’s Compensation Commissioner is the last authority on facts. The Parliament has thought it fit to restrict the scope of the appeal only to substantial questions of law, being a welfare legislation. Unfortunately, the High Court has missed this crucial question of limited jurisdiction and has ventured to re-appreciate the evidence and recorded its own findings on percentage of disability for which also there is no basis. The whole exercise made by the High Court is not within the

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competence of the High Court under Section 30 of the Act.”

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United India Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Smt Anita Gaur and Ors.

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