2014 Supreme(Raj) 1008
ALOK SHARMA
Bheru – Appellant
Versus
Pappu Lal Jat – Respondent
Advocates:
For the Appellant:Vinay Mathur, Advocate.
JUDGMENT
1. - The matter comes up on an application No.37/2014 under Section 5 of the Limitation Act for condonation of 287 days delay in filing the appeal under Section 30 of the Employee's Compensation Act, 1923 against the judgment dated 26.11.2012, passed by the Employee's Compensation Commissioner, Jaipur City, dismissing the claim petition filed by the claimants-appellants (hereinafter 'the claimants') holding that the employment of the deceased Shankar Lal Choudhary as a Khallasi with truck No. RJ-14-2G-3114 insured with the IFFCO TOKIO General Insurance Company Ltd. was not proved.
2. I have heard the counsel for the claimants and perused the application under Section 5 of the Limitation Act.
3. The only ground proffered for condonation of delay in filing the appeal is that the claimants are resident of a village not connected with the main road and were in fact traumatized by the death of their only son. It has been stated that in these circumstances, the claimants did not contact the counsel who was contesting their case before the learned Commissioner for a while and when indeed they did telephonically, they came to know that the claim petition filed by them had been dismi
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