( 1 ) BEING aggrieved by the order dated April 12, 2002 passed by the Commissioner for workmens' Compensation-curn-Labour court, Jabalpur hereinafter referred to as the "commissioner"), in Case No. 53/98 (fatal), the appellant has filed this appeal challenging the correctness, propriety and validity of the order and findings.

( 2 ) FACTS shorn of details and necessary for the disposal of this appeal are that the respondent had filed an application under the workmen's Compensation Act (hereinafter referred to as the "act") claiming a lump sum compensation of Rs. 1,55,985. 00 from the appellant-Bank, inter alia, alleging that her husband late Kishore Kumar Chouhan was in the employment of the appellant-Bank and expired on 19/06/1997 as a result of injuries sustained by him in the course of employment. It was put forth by the respondent that her husband was employed as an electrician in the appellant-Bank. It was also alleged that the monthly salary of her husband was Rs. 1,500. 00.

( 3 ) THE appellant filed a detailed reply submitting that the claim of the respondent is frivolous and based on incorrect facts. It was denied by the appellant-Bank that the husband of the