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1995 Supreme(Kar) 65

M.F.SALDANHA
ORIENTAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. – Appellant
Versus
TAJUDDIN ABDUL RAHIM KARANCHE – Respondent


M. F. SALDANHA, J.

( 1 ) THIS is an Appeal preferred by the Oriental Insurance Company Limited and it raises issues of some consequence particularly in view of the grievance projected that due to absence of specific guidelines and parameters which are to be defined by this Court, that indiscriminate orders are being passed in compensation proceedings under the Workmen's Compensation Act, the total absence of any standards with regard to the manner in which the compensation is being assessed has resulted is some runaway orders, and it is therefore imperative that the methodology to be adopted by the authority to be specified. The present case is one more instance where an order has been indiscriminately passed, without any reason having been specified meaning thereby reasons that pass legal sanction. That the claimant may have sustained some injuries and therefore qualifies for compensation is not disputed by the Insurance Company but what is basically contended, and to my mind with considerable justification is that the compensation must be fair and more importantly, correct. If the compensation awarded is higher than what is legitimately done, the order would require rectificatio
















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