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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
R.POORNIMA
Manager, National Insurance Company Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
R.Chandrasekar – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. petitioner's employment and accident details. (Para 2 , 3 , 4 , 5) |
| 2. discussion of insurer's liability and defenses. (Para 6 , 8 , 18) |
| 3. court's findings on employer's liability. (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 15 , 16 , 17) |
| 4. final judgment implications and orders. (Para 19) |
JUDGMENT :
The Appellant / 2nd Respondent / Insurance Company has filed this Civil Miscellaneous Appeal against the award dated 29.01.2009 passed in W.C.No.35 of 2007 by the learned Workmen's Compensation Commissioner-cum-Deputy Commissioner of Labour, Tirunelveli.
2. Brief facts of the petition filed by the petitioner before the Tribunal are as follows:
(a) The petitioner was employed with the 1st respondent as a driver of an auto bearing Registration No.TN 57 J 3538 belonging to the 1st respondent and received a salary of Rs.4500/- and batta Rs.50/- per day. On 15.01.2006, while he was driving the auto carrying material for hire plying, the vehicle capsized at Dindigul-Batlagundu bye-pass road near roundana. As a result of the accident the petitioner sustained grievous injuries on his head and sustained bone fracture on his head and suffered a blood clot to the skull.
(b) A case was registered before
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