NARESH KUMAR SANGHI
New India Assurance Company Limited – Appellant
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Narmail Singh – Respondent
Naresh Kumar Sanghi, J.
The present appeal has been filed by New India Assurance Company Limited challenging the award dated 17.01.2015 passed by learned Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Panchkula (for brevity "learned Tribunal") whereby an award of Rs. 23,85,000/- (Rupees Twenty three lacs and eighty five thousand) along with interest at the rate of 7% per annum from the date of filing of the petition till realization was passed in favour of the respondent Nos. 2 to 4 (claimants).
2. Learned counsel for the appellant-Insurance Company has submitted that Baljeet Singh (since deceased) as per the case of the claimants, was working with the contractor for lifting of the dead animals within the jurisdiction of the Municipal Corporation, Panchkula. There was no cogent evidence that he was getting Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten thousand) per month from his employer. Learned Tribunal has failed to take notice of the notification dated 22.02.2013 issued by the Department of Labour, Haryana, whereby the minimum wages for unskilled and skilled labour have been notified. Though Baljeet Singh (since deceased) was an unskilled labour but even if it is assumed that he was a skilled labour the
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