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2002 Supreme(Cal) 452

D.K.SETH, JOYTOSH BANERJEE
QURAISHA BIBI (SMT. ) – Appellant
Versus
SHIPPING CORPORATION OF INDIA LTD. – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
JAYANTA BHATTACHARYA, KAMAL KRISHNA DAS, KRISHANA BANIK

D. K. SETH, J.

( 1 ) THIS appeal is directed against the judgment and order dated June 2, 1998 passed in Claim Case No. 122 of 1992 by the learned Judge, in the Court of the Commissioner for Workmen's Compensation, West Bengal, Calcutta. Facts:

( 2 ) THE appellant had lodged a claim under the Workmen's Compensation Act on account of her husband's death. She alleged that this death was due to injury suffered by her husband while in his employment on board the vessel Chatrapati Shivaji belonging to the Shipping Corporation of India Limited. The injury, according to her, is related to the stress and] strain suffered by her husband in the course of his employment. The husband had boarded the vessel, after he was found fit on medical examination in terms of Section 98 of the Merchants Shipping Act, on March 29, 1990. ; On board, he was found ill and was signed off on August 23, 1990. Thereafter, his treatment was arranged by the respondent. The husband of the appellant died on January 13, 1991. According to her, the death was the result of an injury, which is causally related to the employment. As such it is a case within the scope and ambit for grant of compensation under the Workmen'










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