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VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA
Divisional Manager, United India Insurance Company Limited – Appellant
Versus
K Rama Lakshmamma, W/o Late K Venkateswarlu – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is preferred under Section 30 of Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923 (in short, ‘The Act’) against the impugned order dated 15.03.2004 in W.C. No.34 of 2003 on the file of the Commissioner for Workmen’s Compensation and Assistant Commissioner of Labour, Anantapur (in short, “the Commissioner”).
2. The appellant herein was the O.P. No.2 and the respondent Nos.1 and 2 herein were the applicants and respondent No.3 herein was the O.P. No.1 before the learned Commissioner. For the sake of convenience, the parties hereinafter will be referred to as they arrayed before the learned Commissioner.
3. The case of the applicants in brief is that,
a. The applicants herein are the mother and brother of the deceased who died in an accident while working under O.P. No.1 as hamali. The deceased K.Kambaiah worked as hamali for vehicle bearing No.AP 02 V 2836 of O.P. No.1. On 03.09.2002, at about 3.00 P.M., he attended loading and unloading work for the lorry.
b. While so in the early hours of 04.09.2002, the deceased was sleeping under the lorry which was towed by another lorry. In the said accident, deceased sustained grievous injuries and while undergoing trea
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