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DELHI HIGH COURT
NAJMI WAZIRI
National Insurance Co. Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Meenakshi Gupta – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Najmi Waziri, J.(Oral)
1. This appeal impugns compensation in MACT No. 3975/16 dated 31.10.2017 awarded by the learned MACT on the ground that it is devoid of any basis and is not supported by any medical evidence. According to the appellant, the claimants have placed no medical records or the post-mortem Report to substantiate their claim that the death of the injured/victim, six months after the accident, was related to the accident itself.
2. The learned Tribunal dealt with this issue as under:
"20. It was argued on behalf of insurance company that in the absence of any postmortem report, it cannot be held that the injured died due to the accidental injuries, more so when the death took place after about six months of the accident. This argument is bereft of merit. It is true that there is no postmortem report on record to show that the death took place due to accidental injuries but the widow of the deceased has stated on oath that the said death was due to the accidental injuries. The insurance company was free to bring any evidence on record contrary to this averment but no such evidence was brought on record by the insurance company and hence, the version of wid
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