( 1 ) THIS is a Letters Patent Appeal against the judgment of a Single Judge of this court in an appeal arising out of a claim under Section 66 of the Employees' State insurance Act, 1948 (hereinafter called the Act ).

( 2 ) APPELLANT No. 1 Messrs. J. B. Mangharam and Co. is a partnership firm (hereinafter referred to as the firm) which is a well-known manufacturer of confectionary. Appellant No. 2 is the manager of the company. One Taromal, an employee of the said firm was working on the power press machine used for cutting tin by pressing the die. The tin pieces are inserted in the machine and after placing the same on the die the workman presses it with his foot. By pressing the die the tin is cut out of the desired shape and size.

( 3 ) ON 16-10-1957 Taromal met with an accident while working the machine. His four fingers were partly cut on account of the falling of the die on his hand. Taromal was an insured person and since the injury was an employment injury, having arisen in the course of his employment, the Employees State Insurance corporation (hereinafter referred to as the corporation) paid a sum of Rs. 1,625 to him as actuarial present value of the periodical partial d

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