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HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL
RAVINDRA MAITHANI
Manju Devi – Appellant
Versus
National Insurance Company Limited – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Ravindra Maithani, J.
Present appeal is preferred under Section 30 of The Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923 (“the Act”) against the judgment and order dated 21.08.2025, passed by Employees’ Compensation Commissioner/Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rudraprayag, in Employee Compensation Case No.01 of 2025, Manju Devi and others Vs. National Insurance Company Limited and another (“the case”), by which, the application seeking compensation under Section 22 of the Act filed by the appellants has been dismissed.
2. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record.
3. Briefly stated, the appellants filed an application under Section 22 of the Act seeking compensation on the death of Suresh Lal, who was husband of appellant no.1 and father of remaining appellants. According to the claim petition, the deceased was 28 years of age and was a driver in the vehicle registration No.UK13TA 0685 (“the vehicle”) owned by the respondent no.2/Surat Singh Bhandari. The deceased was the employee of the respondent no.2/Surat Singh Bhandari. On 07.07.2017, at 11:00 a.m., when the vehicle was proceeding towards Rudraprayag, it met with an accident and fell into a deep gorge, due to whic
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An employee's compensation claim cannot be denied solely based on alcohol consumption without clear evidence of it influencing the accident, as per Section 3(1) of the Act.
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